How To Submit A Pull Request On Github ?

In this post I will tell you about on how to submit a pull request to the organisation on which you are thinking to contribute. If you have not decided on which organisation to contribute to you can read my previous post -> Git Tutorial.

Now lets gets started with the steps…

1. Step 1 :

Fork the repo.

2. Step 2 :

Clone the repository.Open the terminal and write

git clone [URL]

You can get this url from the Clone or download button.

3. Step 3 :

Create your own feature branch.

git checkout -b branch-name

To switch branches you can use

git checkout master \\switch to master
git checkout branch-name \\ switch to branch-name

4. Step 4:

Add upstream or you can say a remote. A remote is the url on which the actual repository exist [From where you have forked the repo].

git remote add upstream URL

5. Step 5 :

You can now modify files.

Make sure you are on your feature branch.To check it simply run git branch.

6. Step 6 :

After Modifying the file you have to add and commit it.

git add .
git commit -m "Some Message"

7. Step 7 :

After commiting now you can push the branch to your github.

git push orgin branch-name

8. Step 8 :

Now go to your github.You can see an option of create a pull request there.CLick on it and write some message there. In the message you must relate to some issue like #1992 etc #1992 is issue number .You can go to issues and see that every issue has an issue number.

Now submit it

Important Notes:

• After submiting the pull request if the a member of that repo tells you to make some changes then follow below mentioned steps

• Modify the file on your local computer.

• git add .

• git commit -a -m “Message”

• git push origin branch-name

• Now you see your pull request.You can goto file changed and see that all your changes have been effected there also.

• If there is some problem related to that your branch is n commits behind and therefore not able to merge, then you can go to local computer and follow below mentioned steps:

• git fetch upstream

• git merge upstream/master while being in your feature branch.

• now you can see that your branch is now upto date in accordance with the master of the upstream.

• Add and commit your changes and push it to your github.

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