We are glad to know that you have decided to contribute to this repository 🥳🥳 .If you are looking to make your first contribution, follow the steps below.
If you don't have git on your machine, install it.
Fork this repository by clicking on the fork button on the top of this page. This will create a copy of this repository in your account.
Now clone the forked repository to your machine. Go to your GitHub account, open the forked repository, click on the code button and then click the copy to clipboard icon.
Open a terminal and run the following git command:
git clone "url you just copied"
where "url you just copied" (without the quotation marks) is the url to this repository (your fork of this project). See the previous steps to obtain the url.
For example:
git clone https://github.com/monizb/FireShort.git
where this-is-you is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of
the first-contributions repository on GitHub to your computer.
Change to the repository directory on your computer:
cd FireShort
Now create a branch using the git checkout command:
git checkout -b your-new-branch-name
For example:
git checkout -b Contributors
git add Name of the file you just created or edited
If you go to the project directory and execute the command git status, you'll
see there are changes.
Add those changes to the branch you just created using the git add command:
For example:
git add Contributors.md
Now commit those changes using the git commit command:
For example:
git commit -m "Added Contributors.md"
Push your changes using the command git push:
git push origin your-branch-name
replace your-branch-name with the name of the branch you created earlier.
If you go to your repository on GitHub, you'll see a Compare & pull request
button. Click on that button.
Now submit the pull request.
If your changes are correct then we will merge all your changes into the master branch of this project. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.
Spammy and low value PRs which fix typos and whitespaces will be labeled invalid and will NOT count towards your Hacktoberfest contributions