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Contributing to Open Source Part I: The Easy Way

The Odin Project Published on Feb 27, 2014
How do you contribute to open source? In this video, I'll describe the easiest way to make a simple contribution to an open source project -- without using the command line, a text editor, "forking a repo", or even touching Git outside of Github. I'll also describe what kinds of contribution Show More

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"use your powers for good" haha thank you for the video.๏ปฟ
FYI: the edit button has changed to a diagonal pencil๏ปฟ
Wow this video was super helpful, clear, and concise. Thank you very much.๏ปฟ
Thanks a lot for video
Nice. Thanks a lot! :)
Your video helped me try to make my first contribution! Thank you so much!๏ปฟ
A remark to what happening at 04:12 is: after clicking "Propose file change", it now goes to commit page instead of the pull request screen as shown on the video. One need to click the commit name (e.g. patch-1 if it is the first commit of your branch) near the top of the screen to go to the pull request screen.๏ปฟ
This video didnt help. I see it was uploaded 3 years ago but I wonder if that would really matter. I'm trying to submit my solution to the Ruby: Ceasar Cypher project but can't really figure out how to do it....it's on my Github repository entitled Odin-Project. help :(๏ปฟ
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