deepu13/hacktoberfest-2021

A repository for your first opensource contributions

This project is for making for beginners to make contributions in open source.

How to contribute

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.

Clone the repository

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 'copied-url'

For example:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/repo-name.git

Creating a new branch

Change the current working directory to the location ofyou the cloned directory using

cd Linux-Commands

Now create a branch using the git checkout command:

git checkout -b 'branch-name'

Make changes to the files

Now open contributors.md and add your Name with github profile in it.

Example:

Name: your-name 

Add in contributors.md: [your-name](url-of-your-github-profile)

Push changes to GitHub

Push your changes using the command git push:

git push origin <add-your-branch-name>

replacing with the name of the branch you created earlier.

Create a Pull Request

If you go to your repository on GitHub, you'll see a Compare & pull request button.

Now submit the pull request.

Soon I'll review and merge all your changes into the master branch of this project. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.