🚀 First Contributions Guide

Welcome to your first open source contribution! This guide will walk you through making your first pull request to the First Contributions repository.

🌟 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• A GitHub account
• Git installed on your computer
• Basic command line knowledge

📋 Step-by-Step Instructions

1️⃣ Fork the Repository

1. Go to First Contributions
2. Click the "Fork" button in the top-right corner
3. Wait for the fork to complete (you'll be redirected to your copy)

2️⃣ Clone Your Fork Locally

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/first-contributions.git
cd first-contributions

3️⃣ Set Up Upstream Remote

git remote add upstream https://github.com/HashSlap-Summer-of-Code/first-contributions.git

4️⃣ Create a New Branch

git checkout -b add-your-name

5️⃣ Make Your Changes

1. Open Contributors.md in a text editor
2. Add your name in this format at the end of the file:

- [Your Name](https://github.com/your-username)

3. Save the file

6️⃣ Commit Your Changes

git add Contributors.md
git commit -m "Add my name to Contributors.md"

7️⃣ Push Your Changes

git push origin add-your-name

8️⃣ Create a Pull Request

1. Go to your forked repository on GitHub
2. Click "Compare & pull request"
3. Ensure:
   • Base repository: HashSlap-Summer-of-Code/first-contributions
   • Base branch: main
   • Head repository: your-username/first-contributions
   • Compare branch: add-your-name
4. Add a descriptive title and comment
5. Click "Create pull request"

🎉 Congratulations!

You've just made your first open source contribution! The maintainers will review your PR and merge it soon.

🔄 Keeping Your Fork Updated

To sync your fork with the original repository:

git fetch upstream
git checkout main
git merge upstream/main
git push origin main

🆘 Need Help?

• Check out the First Contributions tutorial
• Join our Discord community
• Read GitHub's pull request documentation

Happy coding! 🚀