- Have a look at the Issues section for issues that need to be solved!
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Select an issue and ask to be assigned to it.
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Star the repository.
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On the GitHub page of this repository, click on the Button "Fork".
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Clone your forked repository on your local machine.
For example, run this command inside your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/VocalForLocal.git
Replace <your-github-username>!
Learn more about forking and cloning a repo.
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Before you make any changes, keep your fork in sync to avoid merge conflicts:
git remote add upstream https://github.com/tusharnankani/VocalForLocal.git git fetch upstream git pull upstream master git push
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If you run into a merge conflict, you have to resolve the conflict. There are a lot of guides online, or you can try this one by opensource.com.
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Checkout to development branch (name your branch according to the issue name).
git checkout -b <branch-name>
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Write your code, locally.
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Add the changes with
git add,git commit(write a good commit message, if possible). -
I try to follow this commit structure:
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Push the code to your repository.
git push origin <branch-name>
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Go to the GitHub page of your fork, and make a pull request:
Read more about pull requests on the GitHub help pages.
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Now wait, until one of us reviews your Pull Request! If there are any conflicts, you will get a notification.
