How to Contribute to CMS during hacktoberfest
It's always hard the first time you do something. Especially when you are collaborating, making mistakes isn't a comfortable thing. We wanted to simplify the way new open-source contributors learn & contribute for the first time. If you are looking to make your first contribution, follow the steps below.
If you're not comfortable with command line, here are tutorials using GUI tools.
If you don't have git on your machine, install it.
Fork this repo by clicking on the fork button on the top of this page. This will create a copy of this repository in your account.
Open a terminal and run the following git command:
git clone https://github.com/{username}/CMS.git
where {username} is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of your repository in GitHub to your computer.
Change to the repository directory on your computer:
cd CMS
Now create a branch using the git checkout command:
git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
eg- git checkout firsthack
Now go to profiles folder and a file .md and add your details in a table. (You'll use this file to keep a record of your contributions to this repository)
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 .
Now commit those changes using the git commit command:
git commit -m "Add <username>.md to profiles folder"
replacing <username> with your username.
git push origin <your-branch-name>
replacing <your-branch-name> with the name of the branch you created earlier.
If you go to your repository on GitHub, you'll see a Compare & pull request button. Click on that button.
Now submit the pull request.
Soon We will be merging all your changes into the master branch of this project. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.
Congrats! You just completed the standard fork -> clone -> edit -> PR workflow that you'll encounter often as a contributor!
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