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Updated step 1 of contributing guide (#5799)
* Create a fork, then clone it. * Link to GitHub’s How-To.
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# Development
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To start developing on Django REST framework, clone the repo:
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To start developing on Django REST framework, first create a Fork from the
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[Django REST Framework repo][repo] on GitHub.
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git clone [email protected]:encode/django-rest-framework.git
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Then clone your fork. The clone command will look like this, with your GitHub
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username instead of YOUR-USERNAME:
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git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/Spoon-Knife
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See GitHub's [_Fork a Repo_][how-to-fork] Guide for more help.
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Changes should broadly follow the [PEP 8][pep-8] style conventions, and we recommend you set up your editor to automatically indicate non-conforming styles.
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[markdown]: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics
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[docs]: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/tree/master/docs
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[mou]: http://mouapp.com/
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[repo]: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
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[how-to-fork]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/

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