Be sure you have completed steps 1 - 3 in the README.MD file.
Fork this repository by clicking on the fork button on the top right of the main page of the repository here. This will create a copy of this repository in your personal GitHub account.
Go to your personal GitHub account and click on the forked copy of the repository that should now be listed. Click on the green Code button.
To clone the repo, click on Open with GitHub Desktop button.
At this point, if you do not have GitHub Desktop installed, install it. If it is already installed, a pop up window will ask you if you want to use GitHub Desktop to open the link, select "open" or "open link".
The contents will be downloaded to your computer.
Now you have copied the contents of the Hacktoberfest_2020 repository in GitHub to your personal computer.
Now create a branch by clicking on the Current Branch icon at the top and then click on New Branch:
Click on Create New Branch
Name your branch . For example, "add-jane-smith" and click Create Branch to finish.
Now open first_duty_station.md file in a text editor, and follow the instructions on what to do.
Be sure to save the file!
In GitHub Desktop, the Changes tab should update and the right hand side will show the file.
You can see that there are changes to first_duty_station.md and they have been added to the Github Desktop. The green highlighted line and the plus to the left that shows that it's an addition to the file. If the line was red there would be a minus sign, that would mean the item is being removed from the file.
Now, it's time to Commit the changes to your GitHub repository. Write a message in the bottom left box explaining what you're committing. In this case, "add jane smith to first_duty_station.md". Then click the button below to Commit to add-jane-smith (that will vary based on what you named your branch).
At the bottom left, you can see that the commit has been created.
Next you want to push those changes to your personal GitHub account, so click Publish branch. If you get a message to log in to your GitHub account, do that now.
The final step is to create your pull request. You can start that here by clicking the Create Pull Request button.
Your personal GitHub account will open directly to the Pull Request option on your repo. Click the green Create Pull Request button.
Make sure it has a subject typed in and add any comments if necessary. Click Create Pull Request one more time.
That's it! Soon we'll be merging all your changes into the master branch of this project. You will get a email notification once the changes have been merged.
Congrats! You just completed the standard fork -> clone -> edit -> PR workflow that you'll encounter often as a contributor!
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