This repository is made with the purpose of guiding people about Hacktoberfest
Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors. Each October, open source maintainers give new contributors extra attention as they guide developers through their first pull requests on GitHub.
You can read the official details and rules at the Hacktoberfest website. Check out the official website here! Hacktoberfest
- Login using github (or gitlab) @Hacktoberfest
- Create at least four valid pull requests (PRs) between 1st - 31st October
- You can check the progress of pull/merge requests here
- Search for a Hacktoberfest accepted repository on Github, pick up any of those based on your interest and skills
** NOTE: This is just a guide and not a Hacktoberfest accepted repository. Although, feel free to practice the below steps on this repository. **
Prerequisite: Install and setup git on your local machine
- Fork the repository (Click the Fork button in the top right of the page, click your Profile Image)
- Clone the forked repository to your local machine
git clone https://github.com/your-username/Hacktoberfest2022.git- change the present working directory
cd Hacktoberfest2022- Add/Create your project to the specific folder as described in what you can contribute section
- Make a new branch
git checkout -b branch-name- Make a few changes in the repository with the new branch
- push the changes
git add .
git commit -m "Your commit message"
git push origin branch-name- Make a pull request
- Star the repository
Happy Coding! 😎