README.pull-request.md

Pull Request Instructions

These are the instructions to perform a pull request. It is most often used to contribute to open source projects that you do not have access to.

Exercise Steps

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/zhaol/git-practice-for-anyone.git

Create and jump to a new branch

git checkout -b feature/your_branch 

Make changes by creating, modifying, or deleting files

For this exercise, the suggested change is to add a file with some general content like an introduction, quote, etc. Name the file with your name or alias/username or alter-ego.

Also, insert your name into the guest list, guest-list.txt. Preferably in alphbetical order.

Stage your changes

git add .             #add all of your changes
git add your_name.txt #add certain files

Commit your changes

git commit -m 'add your commit message description'

Push your changes to the remote repository

git push origin feature/your_branch

then use the Github website to finish up the pull request.

Done

Congratulations, you have just contributed to an open source repository using a pull request! :)

Feel free to add more changes using more pull requests.