simran2000-jpg / leet-code

Repository for Sharing Important Leetcode Questions and their Solution

How to Commit a PR from your local device using git commands

• Before using git commands you have to download the latest version of git on your device

• for that watch the video below , it will help you with installing git to making your first PR

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Zsz7UVePA&t=442s&ab_channel=Codeforza

• Fork the project: Click the gray Fork button in the top right of this page. This creates your copy of the project and saves it as a new repository in your github account

• Click on the green Code button, then either the HTTPS or SSH option and, click the icon to copy the URL. Now you have a copy of the project. Thus, you can play around with it locally on your computer.

• Run the following commands into a terminal window (Command Prompt, Powershell, Terminal, Bash, ZSH). Do this to download the forked copy of this repository to your computer.

  git clone https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/hacktoberfest-practice.git

• Switch to the cloned folder. You can paste this command into the same terminal window.

  cd hacktoberfest-practice

• Make a new branch. Your username would make a good branch because it's unique.

  git checkout -b <name-of-new-branch>

• Open the README.md file

• Add your name to the section that matches your Initial in this list. Then, add your name in alphabetical order. Then save your changes.

• For example - [Full Name](https://github.com/your-username)

• Stage your changes.

  git add README.md

or

  git add .

• Commit the changes.

  git commit -m "Add <your-github-username>"

• Check the status of your repository.

  git status

• The response should be like this:

On branch <name-of-your-branch>
nothing to commit, working tree clean

• Pushing your repository to GitHub.

  git push origin <name-of-your-branch>

or

  git branch -M main
  git push -u origin main