Hacktoberfest IIIT Ranchi

This repository serves the purpose for students to get acquainted to open source. Efforts are being put to make this project beginner friendly and the Hacktoberfest organized at IIIT Ranchi is the perfect oppurtunity for geeks/nerds to get their hands dirty by making their first pull request.

Prerequisites

• Git [Download the latest version]
• Any text editor [Atom , Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text]

Installation

Installation on Linux [Ubuntu]

This is the easiest method to install git in linux enviornment

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install git

Installation on Windows

For installing on windows click here to download git from their official website. The download will begin automatically.

Making your first pull request

Make sure to have fulfilled all the above prerequisites before getting into git. You can check if you have installed git by opening the terminal and writing this command.

$ git --version

• Fork this repository (Click the Fork button in the top right of this page, click your Profile Image)
• Clone your fork to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/your-username/HacktoberFest-IIITR.git

• Create a branch

git checkout -b branch-name

• Make the necessary changes in your local copy
• Commit and push

git add .
git commit -m 'Commit message'
git push origin branch-name

• Create a new pull request from your forked repository (Click the New Pull Request button located at the top of your repository)
• Wait for your PR review and merge approval!

If you want the detailed guide on how to create a pull request then you may click here on how to create a pull request.

What to contribute?

• You can resolve any open issues or add some exciting features to this repository!!!