From af2335b33700b7e6447349bb79f526ba9f3cd78e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:54:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d621fd4b5e..98e4a06a4f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ We welcome pull requests from Free Code Camp "campers" (our students) and season 1. Check our [public Waffle Board](https://waffle.io/freecodecamp/freecodecamp). 2. Pick an issue that nobody has claimed and start working on it. If your issue isn't on the board, open an issue. If you think you can fix it yourself, start working on it. Feel free to ask for help in our [Slack](http://freecode.slack.com). -3. Once your code is ready, submit a pull request. Please note that the code you submit should conform to [AirBnB's Style Guide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript). We'll do a quick code review and give you feedback, and iterate from there. +3. Fork the project, you can find a quick tutorial [here](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/). You'll do all of your work on this forked copy. We recommend creating a branch specific to the issue or feature you are working on and pushing your work to that branch. You can do this easily with the command `git checkout -b user-xxx` where user is your username and xxx is the issue number you are addressing. +4. Once your code is ready, submit a pull request from your branch to the `staging` branch. Please note that the code you submit should conform to [AirBnB's Style Guide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript). We'll do a quick code review and give you feedback, and iterate from there. Project Structure -----------------