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Create a personal fork of the project repo on Github
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Clone the fork to your local machine
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If you use https to clone
git clone https://github.com/{username}/hngi/TEAM-FALCON-Frontend -
If you use ssh to clone
git clone [email protected]:username/hngi/TEAM-FALCON-Frontend.git -
On your local system inside the cloned project, add the original repository as a remote called upstream.
git remote add upstream [email protected]:/hngi/TEAM-FALCON-Frontend.git
• Create a new branch to work on! Branch from develop. It is recommended for every new feature you work on make a new branch and work from there.
git checkout -b develop
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Implement/fix your feature, comment your code.
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Follow the code style of the project, including indentation.
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If the project has tests,please run them!
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Write or adapt tests as needed.
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(This is not necessary, but can be considered) Squash your commits into a single commit with git's interactive rebase. Create a new branch if necessary.
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Push your branch to your fork on Github, the remote origin.
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From your fork open a pull request in the correct branch. Target the project's develop branch!
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To keep to update with the main repo, be sure to pull upstream changes into your local repository.
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This way you don't miss changes
git pull upstream develop // this fetches and merge the upstream branch immediately