If you don't have git on your machine, install it.
Fork this repository by clicking on the fork button This will create a copy of this repository in your 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"
For example:
git clone https://github.com/Your-Username/opensource-contribution.git
Change to the repository directory on your computer (if you are not already there):
cd opensource-contribution
Now create a branch using the git checkout
command:
git checkout -b Your-Branch-Name
For example:
git checkout -b add-Henzo-Dev
Now open Contributors.md
file in a text editor, add your name to it.
Add those changes to the branch you just created using the git add
command:
git add Contributors.md
Now commit those changes using the git commit
command:
git commit -m "Add <your-name> to Contributors list"
replacing <your-name>
with your name.
Push your changes using the command git push
:
git push origin <add-your-branch-name>
replacing <add-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.
Soon I'll be merging all your changes into the master branch of this project. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.
Congrats! You just completed the standard fork -> clone -> edit -> pull request workflow that you'll encounter often as a contributor!
Celebrate your contribution and share it with your friends and followers , also with who are participating in hacktoberfest .