Github

Open Source Contributions

Create and submit pull requests to GitHub hosted open source projects.

Fork and Clone

Fork project repo via GitHub UI and clone fork to local development machine.

git clone [e-mail]:<user>/<fork>

Configure Repo

Add original project repo as remote upstream

git remote add upstream <original-repo>

Set email configuration for project commits

git config user.email "<email>"

Commit and Update

Make changes, commit and push to your fork, then update local fork to latest upstream repo state.

git fetch upstream
git checkout master
git merge upstream/master

Create Pull Request

Create pull request via GitHub UI for changes.