This project aims to simplify and guide the way, beginners can make their first contribution towards open-source. If you are looking to make your first contribution, follow the steps below.

Fork this repository by clicking on the fork button on the top of this page. This will create a copy of this repository in your account.

Now clone the forked repository to your machine. Go to your GitHub account, open the forked repository, click on the code button and then click the copy to clipboard icon.

Open a terminal and run the following git command:

git clone "url you just copied"

where "url you just copied" (without the quotation marks) is the url to this repository (your fork of this project). See the previous steps to obtain the url.

For example:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/Hacktoberfest.git

where your-username is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of the first-contributions repository on GitHub to your computer.

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

cd Hacktoberfest

Now create a branch using the git switch command:

git switch -c your-new-branch-name

For example:

git switch -c add-ehmad-saeed

Now open Contributors.md file in a text editor, add your name to it. Now, save the file.

If you go to the project directory and execute the command git status, you'll see there are some changes.

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

git add Contributors.md

Now commit those changes using the git commit command:

git commit -m "Add your-name to the Contributors list"

replacing your-name with your username.

Push your changes using the command git push:

git push origin -u your-branch-name

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

If you go to current repository on GitHub, you'll see a Compare & pull request button. Click on that button. Now submit the pull request.

Soon I'll be merging all your changes into the main branch of this project and adding hactoberfest-accepted tag to your PR. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.

Congrats! You just completed the standard fork -> clone -> edit -> pull request workflow that you'll often encounter as a contributor! Now you can search for beginner-friendly and good first issue tags on GitHub and contribute to those projects.

Happy coding! 🎉

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