install git

for ubuntu/deb users

sudo apt install git

for windows users

click here

This is a repo for beginners to experience the path of open source contribution

Fork this repo.

💡 In the top-right corner of the page, click Fork.

Edit files directly on GitHub or Clone the repo from your profile

1 edit file directly on github

• In your repository, browse to the file Elementary

• In the upper right corner of the file view, click pencil icon

  

• On the Edit file tab, make any changes you need to the file

  

• Above the new content, click Preview changes

  

• At the bottom of the page, type a short, meaningful commit message that describes the change you made to the file

  

2 Clone the repo from your profile

• Above the list of files, click Download icon Code

  

• To clone the repository using HTTPS, under "Clone with HTTPS", click . To clone the repository using an SSH key, including a certificate issued by your organization's SSH certificate authority, click Use SSH, then click . To clone a repository using GitHub CLI, click Use GitHub CLI, then click

  

  

• open terminal /gitbash

• Type git clone, and then paste the URL you copied earlier. It will look like this, with your GitHub username instead of YOUR-USERNAME:

• eg:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/Elementary.git

Now the repo is in your local directory. Open it in a text editor. Go to the Names folder ,create file your name and add your name to yourname.txt file and save the file.

• Go to the cloned repo using terminal/command prompt.
• Add the change using the command

git add .

• Commit your changes

git commit -m "commit by <insert your name>" eg: git commit -m "yourname"

• Push to your repo

git push origin main

Now your change is in your repo. Go to the repo in your github account and see if it is there.

Create a pull request to main repo in the organisation's account

• Above the list of files, click Pull request

  

• Type a title and description for your pull request.

  

• To create a pull request that is ready for review, click Create Pull Request. To create a draft pull request, use the drop-down and select Create Draft Pull Request, then click Draft Pull Request

  

Once the maintainer of the main repo accept your PR, Voila its there ! 🍾