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Feel free to fork!

On this page I present how I use git and GitHub. I’m not a GitHub expert, not even a programmer, but I will show the way I found out how to use git and GitHub.

BR,

Pontus Falk (sm0rux)

Are you a git/GitHub newbie like I am? Feel free to fork this repo and hopefully we can learn together. Why not start to add your name to the Contributors.md file?

Copyright

Feel-free-to-fork

This repository is publiced under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal license.

How to contribute

1. Fork this repository

Click the “Fork” button in the upper right corner of this repository.

2. Clone your fork

Click the green “Clone or download” button and enter

git clone git@github.com:YourUserID/Feel-free-to-fork.git

in a terminal window on your computer. I prefer to collect all my repositories in ~/GitHub, but this is of course up to you to decide.

In case you don’t have a SSH key you can use

git clone https://github.com/YourUserID/Feel-free-to-fork.git

3. Make a link to the main repository

Now change directory to the repository and create a link to the main repository. I suggest you call the link to the main repository upstream. You add the link using the command

git remote add upstream https://github.com/sm0rux/feel-free-to-fork.git

As you normaly don’t have the SSH key to the main repository, you can’t use the command git remote add upstream git@github.com:YourUserID/feel-free-to-fork.git when adding upstream.

3a. If your repository is the main repository

In case your repository is the main repository, then you don’t have to create the upstream link mentioned above.

4. Download the repository to your computer

First, got to the directory created in step 2, e.g.

cd ~/GitHub/feel-free-to-fork

and then pull the files using the command

git pull origin main

The main branch of my repository is main but this could be something else for other branches. If the main branch is source then download the files using the command

git pull origin source

5. Create a new branch

I suggest you create a new branch before starting to add or edit file(s). Also, your new branch should be checked out. This is done using the command

git checkout -b NameOfYourNewBranch

Your new branch name could either just be a date, like 20190908 or a more descriptive name like Added-My-Name-To-Contributors.md.

6. Add or edit file(s)

Well - I leave up to what to do, but of course I recommend you to add your name to the Contributors.md file :)

7. Add file(s) to the git index

This could be done either with the command

git add filename1.ext [filename2.ext]

or to add all files at once using the command

git add .

8. Make a commit

Now it’s time to make a commit. Don’t forget to mention what your commit will do to the repository. This is done either with the command

git commit -m "Added my name to Contributors.md"  Contributors.md
[filename2.ext]

or, in case your commit require more than one file to be changed, more easily with the command

git commit -a -m "Added my name to Contributors.md"

9. Push your contribution

Push your files. This is done with the command

git push origin NameOfYourBranch

where NameOfYourBranchis the name you used step 4.

10. Make a pull request

Now it’s time to go back to the GitHub web site and make a pull request to get your files incorporated in the main repository (in this repository).

Make more contributions

Before making more contributions, be sure to have your fork up to date with the main repository. This is done by giving the commands git pull upstream main followed by the command git push origin main.

In case your repository is the main repository

As mentioned in 3a above you don’t have an upstream link if your repository is the main repository. Instead you give the commands git pull origin main to keep your local files up to date.

Then you can start the new contribution by following step 5-10 above.