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OpenSource101

• What is this repo all about?
• What are you contributing to?
• How to Contribute
• Meet the Collaborators
• Community👨‍👩‍👦
• Support💸

What is this repo all about?

This repo will help developers that want to begin their opensource journey. If you are new to opensource, this repo will help you make your first contribution with the help of your first pull request.

What are you contributing to?

The table below shows developers' details - names, Github usernames linking to their profiles, their favorite programming languages, brief bios, and project links.

How to Contribute

Step 1. Fork this repo (You can only fork this repo with your computer or mobile device in desktop mode)

Click here, or by clicking the Fork icon in the top right corner of this repo.

Step 2. Clone the repo

Clone this project to your local code editor (VSCode), go to your terminal, navigate to your desired folder, use the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/opensoure101

Press enter

cd opensource101

For example,

git clone https://github.com/segunajibola/opensoure101

cd opensource101

Step 3. Add your changes

Navigate to the 📁opensoure101/README.md file in VSCode or any other code editor, add your row in the table section at line 26.

Add your row, just copy and paste to the last row.

| (number) | Add | [Add your github username](https://github.com/<github-username>) | Add your favourite programming language | Add your bio | [Add your project links](https://github.com/<github-username>/project_name)

Step 4. Create a new remote for the upstream repository.

Connect your forked project to this repo

git remote add upstream https://github.com/segunajibola/opensource101

Step 5. Create your branch

  git checkout -b <branch-name>

For example

git checkout -b segun-branch

Ensure no space in between your branch name.

Step 6. Add your changes to git

  git add .

Step 7. Commit your changes to git

 git commit -m "<add your commit message>"

For example

git commit -m "add my details to the repo"

Step 8. Push your changes to git

  git push -u origin <branch-name>

For example

git push -u origin segun-branch

Step 9. Create a pull request.

After pushing changes to your branch, you are ready to send a pull request.

Follow these simple steps.

1. Go back to your repository (your forked version of this repo) in your browser.
2. Refresh your page.
3. You should see a “Compare and Pull Request” button. If you see the button, proceed with Step 4, if you don't see it, proceed with Step 3i.
i - Click the `Pull request` in your forked repo to navigate to the Pull request tab. See the image below. ii - You should see the `New pull request` botton. Proceed with `Step 4`
4. Click on the button “Compare and Pull Request” / "New pull request" .
5. You should be prompted to a new page, click `Create pull request` button in that new page. Confirm with the image below.

If everything went successfully, your changes will be merged.

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Meet the Collaborators

Thanks for contributing to OpenSource101. 🙏🙏

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Community

Join our opensoure community on Whatsapp. If you have any issue, you will find help here.

Support

Show your support for this project by:

• Click the star🌟 at the top right corner of this repo.
• Buy me a coffee
  

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