You can get your own fork/copy of this repo by using the Fork button .
You need to clone (download) it to local machine using
$ git clone https://github.com/Your_Username/E-Commerce-Website.git
This makes a local copy of repository in your machine.
Once you have cloned the E-Commerce-Website
repository in Github, move to that folder first using change directory command on linux and Mac.
# This will change directory to a folder E-Commerce-Website
$ cd E-Commerce-Website
Move to this folder for all other commands.
Run the following commands to see that your local copy has a reference to your forked remote repository in Github
$ git remote -v
origin https://github.com/Your_Username/E-Commerce-Website.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/Your_Username/E-Commerce-Website.git (push)
Now, lets add a reference to the original E-Commerce-Website repository using
$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/m-code12/E-Commerce-Website.git
This adds a new remote named upstream.
See the changes using
$ git remote -v
origin https://github.com/Your_Username/E-Commerce-Website.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/Your_Username/E-Commerce-Website.git (push)
upstream https://github.com/m-code12/E-Commerce-Website.git (fetch)
upstream https://github.com/m-code12/E-Commerce-Website.git (push)
Always keep your local copy of repository updated with the original repository. Before making any changes and/or in an appropriate interval, run the following commands carefully to update your local repository.
# Fetch all remote repositories and delete any deleted remote branches
$ git fetch --all --prune
# Switch to `master` branch
$ git checkout master
# Reset local `master` branch to match `upstream` repository's `master` branch
$ git reset --hard upstream/master
Whenever you are going to make contribution. Please create seperate branch using command and keep your master
branch clean (i.e. synced with remote branch).
# It will create a new branch with name Branch_Name and switch to branch Folder_Name
$ git checkout -b Folder_Name
Create a seperate branch for contibution and try to use same name of branch as of folder.
To switch to desired branch
# To switch from one folder to other
$ git checkout Folder_Name
To add the changes to the branch. Use
# To add all files to branch Folder_Name
$ git add .
Type in a message relevant for the code reveiwer using
# This message get associated with all files you have changed
$ git commit -m 'relevant message'
Now, Push your awesome work to your remote repository using
# To push your work to your remote repository
$ git push -u origin Folder_Name
Finally, go to your repository in browser and click on compare and pull requests
.
Then add a title and description to your pull request that explains your precious effort.