Git Drills - 2

Git reps are mostly muscle memory reps around the repetive actions you wil take as a typical programmer on a typical enterprise team.

This session focuses on the absolute minimum steps to contribute to an open source project or repository. (As opposed to the next drills, which are joining a team.)

Git Team Contributions - Open Source Version

Fork the open source project into your own remote repository
Clone your forked repository to a local workspace
Make the desired change or contribution
If related to an "issue" note that issue for your commit message.
Commit to your local clone of the fork
Push to your remote forked repository
From github, make a Pull Request to open sourced project
[Observe the Pull Request being processed by the project owner]

What have you learned?

Some idea of the differences between a fork and a clone
How to use commit messages to tie into a github issue
How to create a Pull Request
How a Pull Request gets reviewed
How a Pull Request gets merged

Caught a mistake or want to contribute to the documentation? Edit this page on GitHub!