A brief description of what this project does and who it's for
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If you don't have Git Bash on your machine, install it.
If you are new to Git and Github, you need to create a Github Account.
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 Git Bash and run the following git command:
git clone url
where url is the url you just copied! (your fork of this project). For example:
git clone https://github.com/username/React-Hacktober-Fest-2022.git
where username is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of the React-Hacktober-Fest-2022 repository on GitHub to your computer.
Open up the project in your favourite text editor, inside the Hack Here create a new folder with your name and add your file. Make sure to save the edits.
Try adding a Readme.md file. This should contain a brief description of the projects in the folder.
Open Git Bash, navigate 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 filename
You can also add all the unstaged files using : git add .
Now commit those changes using the git commit command:
git commit -m "commit message"
Push your changes using the command git push:
git push origin main
Open the main page of your repository on your GitHub account in your browser and click on the Pull requests tab.
Now, click on the New Pull Request button.
Click Create Pull Request option. Enter a suitable title and description for the pull request. Now submit the pull request.
What is a pull request?
You can find more GitHub Commands here
Congrats! You just completed the standard fork -> clone -> edit -> pull request workflow that you'll encounter often as a contributor!🎉
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