Your interest in contributing is highly appreciated. In order to maintain a harmonious and effective collaboration, please acquaint yourself with these formal yet friendly guidelines.
Before you embark on your contribution journey, we kindly request that you review our Code of Conduct. It's our shared roadmap to maintaining a respectful and inclusive community.
To begin your adventure, you'll need to create a fork of this repository on your personal GitHub account. This can be done with a swift click of the 'Fork' button situated elegantly in the top right corner of the repository page.
With your fork in place, the next step is to clone the repository to your trusty local machine:
git clone https://github.com/YourUsername/Alpaca-CoT.gitSimply replace YourUsername with your GitHub identity.
Every legendary quest begins with a new branch for your heroic deeds. Use clear and concise branch names:
git checkout -b feature/your-featureCompose meaningful and epic commit messages. A worthy commit message briefly describes your deeds. If your task vanquishes a specific issue, don't forget to reference the issue number in your message. For example:
feat: Introduce an epic new feature (#123)
Adhere to the project's sacred coding standards. If the project has specific formatting guidelines, ensure your code is a masterpiece of compliance.
Once your heroic contribution is ready, follow these steps to present your grand request:
- Ensure your branch is synced with the latest tales from the
mainbranch. - Commit and push your changes to your personal fork of the repository.
We deeply appreciate your valiant contributions to the Alpaca-CoT project. Thank you for being a part of this noble quest! 🚀🦙