First Contributions

acmcsuf.com/1st aims to simplify and guide the way beginners make their first contribution. If you are looking to make your first contribution, follow the steps below. If you're not comfortable with command line, here are tutorials using GUI tools. If you don't have Git on your machine, install it.

Last updated September 9th, 2022

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Fork acmcsuf.com

Fork the repository by clicking on the fork button on the top of acmcsuf.com's page on GitHub. This will create a copy of this repository in your account.

Clone the repository

Now clone the forked repository to your machine. Go to your GitHub account, open the forked repository, click on the code button and then click the copy to clipboard icon.

Open a terminal and run the following git command: git clone "url you just copied" where "url you just copied" (without the quotation marks) is the url to this repository (your fork of this project). See the previous steps to obtain the url.

For example:

git clone https://github.com/this-is-you/acmcsuf.com.git
    

where this-is-you is your GitHub username. Here you're copying the contents of the first-contributions repository on GitHub to your computer.

Create a branch

Change to the repository directory on your computer (if you are not already there): cd acmcsuf.com
Now create a branch using the git switch command: git switch -c your-new-branch-name
For example: git switch -c add-ethanthatonekid

Make necessary changes and commit them

Want to make it rain?

Step 1: Add your SVG or PNG in /static/assets/your-new-thing.(svg|png) (See: Basic shapes).
Step 2: In a text editor, make some changes by adding some code to show off the new thing you added. /src/lib/1st/confetti/your-new-thing.ts, and save it.

export default 'url(/assets/your-new-thing.(svg|png))';
    

If you go to the project directory and execute the command git status, you'll see there are changes.

Add those changes to the branch you just created using the git add command:

git add -A && git commit -m "Your Message"
    

Push changes to GitHub

Push your changes using the command git push:

git push origin -u add-your-branch-name

replacing <add-your-branch-name> with the name of the branch you created earlier.

Submit your changes for review

If you go to your repository on GitHub, you'll see a Compare & pull request button. Click on that button.

Now submit the pull request.

Soon, someone will be merging all your changes into the master branch of this project. You will get a notification email once the changes have been merged.

CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING YOUR FIRST CONTRIUBUTION

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