Git & GitHub Open Source Repo

The aim of this repo is for participants to understand how to contribute to an open source project.

I have also included instructions on how to configure the repo to behave like an open source repo if you want to read them later.

Instructions

1. Fork this repo to your personal GitHub user account. See GitHub instructions. Forking the main branch only is generally a good idea, so accept the default.
2. Clone the forked repo onto your PC.
3. Take a look at the files in this repo. You'll notice the file CONTRIBUTING.md. Take a look at the contents to see what a real open source project might require of you. You can ignore all of this stuff for this exercise.
4. THIS IS IMPORTANT: Do not push any changes to the main branch. Whilst GitHub will convert any changes you make into a PR, it becomes impossible to synchronise with the maintainer's repo. This can be a pain.
5. Create a new branch (or switch to the one from above if you created it).
6. Fix the deliberate typos in fix-me.md.
7. Commit the changes.
8. Add a couple of lines of text to the new section, including your name somewhere.
9. Commit the changes.
10. Push the branch to your repo.

Stop here and tell Andy that you are ready to create your PR.

Acknowledgements

© 2026, University of Leeds.

The author, A. Blight, has asserted his moral rights.