This guide contains some helpful information on how to actively contribute to mods. This guide is targeted towards contributors that may not have much technical experience and will only require the GitHub web UI. This guide is perfect for localizations, datapack changes, and other small scale changes. Larger code changes and experienced developers should not use this guide.
To start contributing to a mod on GitHub you need to fork it first. Forking a mod simply creates a copy of the projects code and assets that you can freely modify without directly affecting the original project. This can be done by signing in to GitHub, navigating to the repository page of the project you want to contribute to, and then clicking the Fork button on the top right of the page.
Clicking the fork button will bring you to a "Create a new fork" page that allows you to configure your fork before creating it. Make sure the owner is set to your profile and tha