CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE (10 outlined steps)
CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE (10 outlined steps)
I remember when I made, well my first open source contribution to first-contributions and thought I could share the outlined basic steps for contributing as a beginner.
making your first Open-Source contribution
Why contribute to open source?
Contributing to open source projects comes with it benefits
- You get to practice with Git and GitHub for version control.
- This as other contributions to any community builds a sense of belonging
- Contributing improves your portfolio, as it shows you can collaborate well with others.
The 10 steps
- Open a GitHub account if you don’t have one, if you do sign in
- Fork a project you want to contribute to
- Clone your fork
git clone https://github.com/your-username/first-contributions.git
4. Navigate to the local repository
cd path/to/local_repository
5. Create a new branch
git checkout - b branch_name
6. Make changes in your local repository
7. Add and Commit your changes
git add . // this adds all the changes made to the stage
git add filename // an
git commit -m "message goes here"
8. Push your changes to your fork
git push origin branch_name
9. Create a pull request
10. Review your pull request
Your changes will be reviewed and merged to the main if approved. This is a brief of the process and though it is for beginners, it might not be that friendly to those that have not use git or github before.
