2. Contribute!

2.1. ⬇️ Download this repository

First, we need to download or clone as it's called in git speak, this repository.

In the top navigation bar, click Current Branch: main
Click on the Branches tab if you aren't already there
Click on New Branch
Name your branch: githubhandle-contribution
Now you are on you're new branch! 🎉
Click Publish Branch to save your branch to github.com
Click on Open the repository page on GitHub in your browser and see that our branch to available for everyone
Click main in the repository page on github.com to see the list of all branches

From within your branch, click Open the repository in your external editor
On the left navigation bar, click the contributions folder
Then select the new file icon
type githubhandle.md
- for example, my handle is rmw so I typed rmw.md
- if your handle is octocat, you'd type octocat.md
- ℹ️ The .md tells the computer that this is a markdown file!
Click on the file you just created
Type # @githubhandle's contribution!
Press command + shift + v to show a preview of your markdown file
In the top navigation bar, click View then Editor Layout then Two Columns
Drag the tab that starts with Preview over to the second column.
🎉 Now we can see our updates as we type them!

Open GitHub Desktop
See that our changes are visible
At the bottom left, type a commit message title, such as @githubhandle's first commit!
Click Commit to yourbranchname
And we've made our first commit! 🥳
Click Push origin to save our changes on github.com
Click Create Pull Request
This will take you to github.com
Answer the first question in the pull request template -- and use markdown if you can! (Don't worry, though, we will play with a lot more)
Click on the arrow next to Create pull request
Select Create draft pull request
Click Create draft pull request
🎉 Tada! Your draft PR has been created!