Instructions

Git setup instructions to make contributions to the repository.

Install Git

Download the latest version of Git.

https://git-scm.com/download

Clone this repository

Create a folder to clone the repository.

Open the terminal and run the following git command:

git clone https://github.com/venkys-io/Code-Blogs.git

If this is the first time using git. A browser tab pops up to login into your GitHub account.

and set the default config username and email. This is necessary to make any commits on the repository.

git config --global user.name "yourUserName"
git config --global user.email "YourEmailId@gmail.com"

Create a branch

Change to the repository directory on your computer (if you are not already there):

cd Code-Blogs

make sure you are in the correct directory.

C:\Users\....\Code-blogs\>

Now create a branch using git checkout command:

git checkout -b "yourBranchName"

you will be switched to your branch.

Make changes or Add your files

Now write your blogs.

Open vs-code in the repository.

Shortcut:

  C:\Users\....\Code-blogs\> code .

To create a blog for the program programs-prod/algorithms/Arrays/Easy/Palindrome

Create a README.md file as specified format.

Example:

Code-Blogs
  └───Arrays
        ├───Easy
        │   └───Palindrome
        |       └───README.md
        └───Medium

Now write the blog in markdown.

To know more about markdown. visit

Cheatsheet1
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Commit those changes.

Even though you have created a file. Git actually doesn't track those files.

you can check the status of your branch. using git status command.

git status

It displays all the changes you made on the branch.

Add those changes to the branch you just created using the git add command:

git add .

Now commit those changes using the git commit command:

git commit -m "your commit message"

Push changes to GitHub.

push the changes using the command git push

git push -u origin your-branch-name

replace your-branch-name with the name of the branch you created earlier.

• Note: You might get Authentication errors if it was your first time.

Raise a Pull Request for review.

Now open GitHub to see those changes.

Now open pull request tab on GitHub repository.

Hit on Compare & Pull request.

Mention your changes.

Hit on create pull request.

Suggestions

It is good a have knowledge on Git, GitHub.

Here are few free resources. You can try.

Youtube1
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GitHub-Resource