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Clone project you want to work with
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Make sure that you are working with the latest version. Pull the newest code.
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Start working with your branch and switch to it
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Make changes you want and then add changes to staging
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Commit your changes to staging
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Push your branch to remote repo. Please note that you might have multiple commits done before you push it.
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On remote repo (GitHub page), you have now one pushed branches. The next step is to compare changes and pull request for merge changes to main.
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Write comments if needed and create pull request.
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You can specify reviewer to send a notification to them for checking your code. If there are no conflicts, you can easily merge pull request.
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After the merge, you can delete your branch.
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When you continue to contribute to this project, start over from step 2.
In a nutshell:
- checkout main to be in the right branch
- pull main
- create and switch to a new branch
- add changes
- commit changes
- push your new branch
- in GitHub, review the code and if all good, merge it
- delete branch
Checklist is written based on The Net Ninja tutorial