1. Forking and Cloning the repository

Forking the repository

Most projects have protected GitHub repositories, meaning you cannot make changes directly to the source code. Instead, you need to create a copy of the source code under your own GitHub account and then make changes to that copy. This process is called a fork. To do this, navigate to the GitHub repository of the project (https://github.com/Nikoleta-v3/HitchCos) and click the Fork button. Then choose your GitHub account as the onwer and click on Create fork.

Cloning the repository

Once we have a fork of the repository on your Github account, create a copy of it to your computer. This is called cloning. Do this by clicking the Code button and copying the address of the repository to your clipboard:

Note that we want to copy the address of the repository using the SSH protocol. Now, open your command line tool and type git clone, then paste the address you just copied. The command should look like the following, where <your-username> is replaced with your GitHub username:

$ git clone git@github.com:Nikoleta-v3/a-hitchhikers-guide-to-contributing-to-open-source.git

This will download the source code to your computer:

Cloning into 'HitchCos'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 117, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (117/117), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (94/94), done.
remote: Total 117 (delta 14), reused 105 (delta 9), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (117/117), 3.63 MiB | 3.43 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (14/14), done.