Let's Celebrate the Open Source Festival of Hacktober by making a contribution in the simplest way possible.
Let's make a simple contribution to this repository and increase your chances of winning awesome cool swags from Hacktober Fest.
Let me show you how easy it is:
1. Fork this repository
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.
2. Clone the repository
Now clone the forked repository to your machine. Go to your GitHub account, open the forked repository, click on the clone button and then click the copy to clipboard icon.
Now let's bring the cloned repository to your local machine.
git clone <url-you-just-copied>
For example:
git clone https://github.com/abhu-A-J/Hacktoberfest-2019-celebration.git
3. Move inside the repository
Since you want to change the files inside, first let's move to the folder correctly. Use the following command on terminal:
cd Hacktoberfest-2019-celebration
4. Make a new branch
Since now you're about to make your personal changes to the project, it's always a better idea to make a new branch. Run the following command:
git checkout -b <feat-add-yourname>
For example:
git checkout -b feat-add-abhushan
5. Make the required changes
Check out the CONTRIBUTING.md file to see what all contributions can you make.
6. Commit all your changes
It's finally that time when you commit your changes and leave a beautiful commit message behind. You can run the following commands:
git add .
git commit -m "<Your Message>"
For example:
git commit -m "Added Abhushan's Story"
Finally, push your changes to Github:
To do so run the following command:
git push origin <your-branch-name>
For example:
git push origin feat-add-abhushan
7. Hit me a pull request
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. Leave a custom message if you want.
Motivation
There seems to be a lot of hype around hacktoberfest this season and I love it. Contributing to Open Source can be a highly satisfying experience, especially for new developers out there who have just started with their journey. I am one of such developer, who is teaching himself to penetrate into on Full Stack Development Indutry by teaching himself Web Development and Programming since a few months. Hacktober Fest came as a gift to me to finally showcase my abilities no matter in what ever way possible(big or small) and made me more confident. I believe there are many more students/self-taught beginners out there, waiting for their first cool swags and T-shirt to boast about along with a great learning experience. So I started a small initiative to support all of you in this journey including myself.
How will this work:
You get your PR's done and contribute to a cool repository by sharing your stories and struggles and helping others in their journey.
I learn how to maintain a repository where people contribute, a win-win status for all.
Happy Coding. Hope you all get your cool swags :)