ironbatshashank / hacktoberfest-2

a repository to help you with hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest 2020

This will guide you through the complete process of "how to complete Hacktoberfest 2020 challenge".

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This is a beginner-friendly project to help you get started with your hacktoberfest. This repository is dedicated to help beginners step up and join hands with the open source community. Feel free to start contributing. There are no wrong contributions. If you don't know where to start, feel free to watch the videos linked below, and read the contribution rules. Happy hacking <3 !! By watching the video you will understand better about the working of hacktoberfest and how one will be able to create pull requests. (P.S: Star and share this repository, if you had fun!)

Videos

• Hacktoberfest Intro
• How to pull request [Overview]
• Merge Conflict / comment

Contribution rules

• The project must work when opening index.html.
• You are allowed to make pull requests that break the rules. We just won't merge it ;).
• Do NOT add any build steps e.g npm install (we want to keep this a simple static site).
• Do NOT remove Videos, Rules, FAQ, or any other helpful content.
• Styling/code can be pretty, ugly or stupid, big or small as long as it works.
• Try to keep pull requests small to minimize merge conflicts.

Getting Started

• Fork this repo (button on top)

• Clone on your local machine

git clone https://github.com/<your username>/hacktoberfest.git
cd hacktoberfest

• Create a new branch

git checkout -b my-new-branch

• Add your contributions
• Commit and push

git add .
git commit -m "your-commit-msg"
git push origin my-new-branch

• Create a new pull request from your forked repository

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Avoid Conflicts (Syncing your fork)

An easy way to avoid conflicts is to add an 'upstream' for your git repo, as other PR's may be merged while you're working on your branch/fork.

git remote add upstream https://github.com/lingonsaft/hacktoberfest

You can verify that the new remote has been added by typing.

git remote -v

To pull any new changes from your parent repo simply run.

git merge upstream/master

This will give you any eventual conflicts and allow you to easily solve them in your repo. It's a good idea to use it frequently in between your own commits to make sure that your repo is up to date with its parent.

For more information on syncing forks read this article from Github.

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Ideas for contributions/Idees de contributions

• Make a text file and
• Add your full name in that file,
• Add your email id in that file,
• Add your city in that file,
• Add your country in that file and
• Update your name in "contributors.txt" file

FAQs

• Who can contribute?

  • Anyone with a github account and who is signed up for hacktoberfest :).

• Are you getting paid for this?

  • Sadly no. But we think we should. This is 100% unofficial and we do it for fun.

• Who are you and why are you doing this?

  • We are two programmers from India Shashank and Ankit. We are doing this because we love Open Source and Hacktoberfest. We want to make it easier for people to get started with Hacktoberfest and Open Source.

• Why are you not using digitalocean?

  • Because we only know JavaScript and suck at servers. We use now instead.

• Should I come closer to the text saying 'Don't come closer' on the left side of the home tab?

  • Nope.

• How many pull request (PR) must be made, if I can get an awesome shirt from Hacktoberfest 2019?

  • 5

• How do I track my progress to get an awesome shirt from Hacktoberfest 2019?

  • go to : https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/profile (Scroll down to Check Out Your Own Stats).

• What is the duration of Hacktoberfest 2019?

  • It is from October 1st till October 31st, 2019.

• What is the event for?

  • For the open source community engagement.

We will do our best to merge as much as possible from everyone. However, time is limited and the merge conflicts are horrible ❤️