How Contribute for a Github Repository

Step 1:

Download and Install Git

• Git Bash Download : https://git-scm.com/downloads

• Git Desktop Download: https://desktop.github.com/

STEP 2:

Click on the fork button in the https://github.com/FOSS-UCSC

Step 3:

Clone the Repository

Now you need a copy locally, so find the “SSH clone URL” in the right hand column and use that to clone locally using a terminal:

git clone https://github.com/FOSS-UCSC/demo

Step 4:

Do some work

Example: Write your name on a text file and save it as yourname.txt

Step 5:

Create a new Branch with your name

git checkout -b yourname

Step 6:

Push your work to github

git add .

git commit -am "I wrote my name"

git push origin branchname