Berea-Open-Source-Day

1. Fork the repository

2. Clone your forked version of the repo. It will have your username in the place of <YOUR_USERNAME>.

   • git clone https://github.com/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Berea-Open-Source-Day.git

3. Change path to the project folder

   • cd Berea-Open-Source-Day

4. Create a new branch

   • git checkout -b <BRANCH_NAME>
   • Example:
     • git checkout -b adding-name

5. Open up the contributors.md file and write your name.

6. To see the change you just made, run the following command

   • git status

7. Add your changes

   • To add the changes files separately, you do
     • git add <FILE_NAME>
   • To add all the changed files, you can do
     • git add *

8. Commit your changes

   • git commit -m "<COMMIT_MESSAGE>"
   • Example
     • git commit -m "added my name to the contributors file"

9. Push your changes

   • git push origin <BRANCH-NAME>
   • Example (Note this is the branch we created in step 4):
     • git push origin adding-name

10. Go to your repository on Github and refresh it. You will see a “Compare and pull request” button. Click on that button to start making your pull request.