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How To Contribute to Open Source: Getting Started with Git

Updated on March 23, 2022
👁 How To Contribute to Open Source: Getting Started with Git

Introduction

Open-source projects that are hosted in public repositories benefit from contributions made by the broader developer community, and are typically managed through Git.

A distributed version control system, Git helps both individuals and teams contribute to and maintain open-source software projects. Free to download and use, Git is an example of an open-source project itself.

This tutorial will discuss the benefits of contributing to open-source projects, and go over installing and setting up Git so that you can contribute to software projects.

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Tutorial Series: Introduction to GitHub and Open-Source Projects

Open-source projects that are hosted in public repositories benefit from contributions made by the broader developer community, and are typically managed through Git. This tutorial series will guide you through selecting an open-source project to contribute to, making a pull request to a Git repository through the command line, and taking steps to follow up on your pull request.

About the author

Community and Developer Education expert. Former Senior Manager, Community at DigitalOcean. Focused on topics including Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Python, Django, and more.

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