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How to open a Pull Request

How to prepare a good Pull Request title:

When opening a Pull Request(PR), use the following scope table to decide what to title your PR in the following format: fix/feat/chore/refactor/docs/perf (scope): PR Title

An example is fix(learn): Fixed tests for the do...while loop challenge.

Scope Documentation
learn,curriculum For Pull Requests making changes to the curriculum challenges.
client For Pull Requests making changes to client platform logic or user interface
guide For Pull Requests which make changes to the guide.
docs For Pull Requests making changes to the project's documentation.

Proposing a Pull Request (PR)

  1. Once the edits have been committed, you will be prompted to create a pull request on your fork's GitHub Page.

    Image - Compare pull request prompt on GitHub

  2. By default, all pull requests should be against the freeCodeCamp main repo, master branch.

    Make sure that your Base Fork is set to freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp when raising a Pull Request.

    Image - Comparing forks when making a pull request

  3. Submit the pull request from your branch to freeCodeCamp's master branch.

  4. In the body of your PR include a more detailed summary of the changes you made and why.

    • You will be presented with a pull request template. This is a checklist that you should have followed before opening the pull request.

    • Fill in the details as they seem fit you. This information will be reviewed and decide whether or not, your pull request is going to be accepted.

    • If the PR is meant to fix an existing bug/issue then, at the end of your PR's description, append the keyword closes and #xxxx (where xxxx is the issue number). Example: closes #1337. This tells GitHub to automatically close the existing issue, if the PR is accepted and merged.

  5. Indicate if you have tested on a local copy of the site or not.

    This is very important when you are making changes that are not just making edits to text content such as a Guide article verbiage. Examples of changes needing local testing would include JavaScript, CSS, or HTML which could change the functionality or layout of a page.