Are you a newbie in the world of open source and want to Contribute to our Open Source Project ? Don't worry we got your back
Below are the steps to follow to contribute to this project:
1. Fork this repository.
2. Clone your forked copy of the project.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/<your_user_name>/DLib.git
where your_user_name
is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of the first-contributions repository on GitHub to your computer.
3. Navigate to the project directory :file_folder: .
cd DLib
4. Add a reference(remote) to the original repository.
git remote add upstream https://github.com/CodeFlow201/DLib.git
5. Check the remotes for this repository.
git remote -v
6. Always take a pull from the upstream repository to your master branch to keep it at par with the main project(updated repository).
git pull upstream master
7. Create a new branch.
git checkout -b <your_branch_name>
8. Make necessary changes and commit those changes
9. Track your changes:heavy_check_mark: .
git add .
10. Commit your changes .
git commit -m "Relevant message"
11. Push the committed changes in your feature branch to your remote repo.
git push -u origin <your_branch_name>
12. To create a pull request, click on compare and pull requests
. Please ensure you compare your feature branch to the desired branch of the repo you are suppose to make a PR to.
13. Add appropriate title and description to your pull request explaining your changes and efforts done.
14. Click on Create Pull Request
.
15. Hurray :exclamation: You have created a PR to the DLib :boom: . Sit back patiently and relax till then the project maintainers will review your PR. Please understand, there will be some time taken to review a PR and can vary from a few hours to a few days too so be Patient and keep contributing.