docs: enhance contribution workflow for different GitHub accounts #12309
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This PR addresses the common question "how to clone this repo and branch on another account" by significantly enhancing the contribution documentation to provide clear, step-by-step guidance for contributors using different GitHub accounts.
What's Changed
Enhanced Development Workflow Documentation
YOUR_USERNAME) to avoid confusionNew Quick Start Section
Added a streamlined "Quick Start: Contributing from Another GitHub Account" section that provides an overview of the entire process before diving into detailed instructions.
Authentication and Troubleshooting
Documentation Integration
Why This Matters
Many potential contributors are unsure about the proper workflow when contributing from personal GitHub accounts to organization repositories. The previous documentation assumed familiarity with the fork-and-clone workflow, which created barriers for new contributors.
This enhancement makes the UI5 Web Components project more accessible to:
Validation
The documentation has been comprehensively tested to ensure:
The enhanced documentation now provides a complete answer to "how to clone this repo and branch on another account" while maintaining professional standards and following established UI5 Web Components contribution patterns.
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