- Fork the project
- Make any changes in your forked repo
- On this repo, click
Pull Requestsand raise aPull Requestselecting your fork on the right drop down
Forkthis RepositoryCloneit locally (Use github Desktop to make things easier)- or Do it locally using the commands below
click on the clone button (green in colour). This gives you a copy of the project. Its now yours to play around with
- Using git on your local machine. Do this to download the forked copy of this repo to your computer
git clone https://github.com/yourGithubUsername/javacodes
- switch to the cloned folder. This can be done with Gitbash or the integrated terminal in the VSCode editor
cd javacodes
- Make a new branch. Your name would make a good branch because it's unique!
git checkout -b <name of new branch>
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Create a new folder and submit your java code
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Stage your changes
git add yourprogramname.java
or
git add .
- Commit the changes
git commit -m "Add <your-Java_program >"
- Check the status of your repository
git status
- Pushing your repository to github
git push origin <name of your branch>
or
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
git push origin main --force
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Navigate to your fork, on the top of the files section you'll notice a new section containing, a contribute button!
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Click on the contribute button, it will open a drop down, click the pull request button on the drop down
Note: A pull request allows your changes to be merged with the original project.
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Wait for your changes to be merged
Hurray! You made your contribution!! Don't forget to star this repo if it was helpful to you!
