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Contributing to Data.gov with GitHub 101
Whether you’re a software developer or not, learning the basics to GitHub are essential to commenting on government open source and open data projects.
- Intro to GitHub for Discussion. This covers: Signing up for GitHub, Watching a GitHub Project, Starting a Discussion Thread (aka Issue), and Commenting on a Discussion Thread via the Web or Your Email.
- Intro to GitHub for Developers -- the Hello World Project. This covers: Creating a Repository, Opening an Issue, Creating a Branch, Making a Commit, Opening a Pull Request, and Merging a Pull Request.
- Quick Links:
- GitHub -- sign up here.
- Government Projects on GitHub.
- Resources:
- GitHub Glossary - Git and GitHub specific terms defined.
- Git-It - A terminal based app for learning Git and GitHub.
- Writing on GitHub -- GitHub Markdown Basics - GitHub uses "GitHub Flavored Markdown," across the site--in issues, comments, and pull requests.