On Github, most of the open source projects already have many existing commits. If I want to make my contribution to such a project, since I don't know which step the current project is, and I don't know what's needed to be done next, how should I start my contribution? Anyone who ever made some contributions, how did you start, I will really appreciate it if you can share some of you experiences.
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1I think the answer is generic. In any versioned system, you check-out a version, make changes and check-in later. If there were no other changes to the files you modified, your check-ins will be accepted. If there were changes by others to the files you modified, the system will usually try to auto-merge the changes. If it finds conflicts which it cannot resolve, it will ask you to do a manual merge. If the merge is successful, the check-in will go through. – ArunGeorge Oct 07 '14 at 10:22
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On GitHub specifically, you
- fork a repo you want to contribute to (that allows you to have your own copy on GitHub)
- you clone that forked repo locally
- you make a dedicated branch for your new commits (your contribution)
- you push it back to your fork (after rebasing it on top of the latest commits from upstream, to make sure your work is applied on top of the most recent evolutions from the original repo)
- you make a PR (pull request) from that branch.
