| #!/bin/bash | |
| sudo apt install -y libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev autoconf libxcb-xrm0 libxcb-xrm-dev automake libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xrm-dev | |
| cd /tmp | |
| # clone the repository | |
| git clone https://www.github.com/Airblader/i3 i3-gaps | |
| cd i3-gaps | |
| # compile & install |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Copyright 2018, 2019, 2020 Azure Zanculmarktum | |
| # All rights reserved. | |
| # | |
| # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is | |
| # permitted provided that the following conditions are met: | |
| # | |
| # 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright | |
| # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. |
Whether you're trying to give back to the open source community or collaborating on your own projects, knowing how to properly fork and generate pull requests is essential. Unfortunately, it's quite easy to make mistakes or not know what you should do when you're initially learning the process. I know that I certainly had considerable initial trouble with it, and I found a lot of the information on GitHub and around the internet to be rather piecemeal and incomplete - part of the process described here, another there, common hangups in a different place, and so on.
In an attempt to coallate this information for myself and others, this short tutorial is what I've found to be fairly standard procedure for creating a fork, doing your work, issuing a pull request, and merging that pull request back into the original project.
Just head over to the GitHub page and click the "Fork" button. It's just that simple. Once you've done that, you can use your favorite git client to clone your repo or j