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Workshop Resources

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Prerequisites

Fork this repository

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.

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Clone the repository

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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.

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For example:

git clone https://github.com/this-is-you/Your-Guide-To-Your-First-Contribution.git.git

where this-is-you is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of the Your-Guide-To-Your-First-Contribution repository on GitHub to your computer.

Create a branch

Change to the repository directory on your computer (if you are not already there):

cd Your-Guide-To-Your-First-Contribution

Now create a branch using the git checkout command:

git checkout -b your-new-branch-name

For example:

git checkout -b fawaz-new-feature

(The name of the branch does not need to have the word add in it, but it's a reasonable thing to include because the purpose of this branch is to add your name to a list.)

Make necessary changes and commit those changes

Now open YourQuotes.md file in a text editor, add your name to it. Don't add it at the beginning or end of the file. Put it anywhere in between. Now, save the file.

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:

git add YourQuotes.md

Now commit those changes using the git commit command:

git commit -m "Add <your-name> quotes"

replacing <your-name> with your name.

Push changes to GitHub

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.

Submit your changes for review

If you go to your repository on GitHub, you'll see a Pull Requests section. Click on that section.

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Next, click on New Pull Request

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Make sure that the branch select is correct and is contributing to the right project branch, and then click on Create Pull Request

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Now add some description and submit the pull request.

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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.

Workshop Resources

Interested to check out some cool open source projects? Attend the Call for Code awards happening later today: https://developer.ibm.com/callforcode/awards/

Some interesting resources for you to check out!

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