CONTRIBUTING.md

How to Contribute to Hack for LA

👍🥳 First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute! 🥳👍

The following is a set of guidelines for contributing to the website repository, which is hosted on GitHub. These are mostly guidelines, not rules. Use your best judgment, and feel free to propose changes to this document in the form of a pull request.

The guide below assumes that you have completed the onboarding process which includes joining the Hack for LA Slack, GitHub, and Google Drive. If you have not been onboarded, please refer to the Getting Started Page.

If you need a text editor to work on code, VS Code is recommended by the team, but feel free to use a text editor of your choice.

If you have any other questions about your contributing process, feel free to reach out to the team in the #hfla-site slack channel.

Table of Contents

• How to Contribute to Hack for LA
  • Table of Contents
  • Part 1: Setting up the development environment
    • 1.1 Dev setup (1): Join the repository team
    • 1.2 Dev setup (2): Installing Git
    • 1.3 Dev setup (3): Fork the repository
    • 1.4 Dev setup (4): Clone (Create) a copy on your computer
      • 1.4.a Clone repo (1): Create hackforla folder
      • 1.4.b Clone repo (2): Verify origin remote url
      • 1.4.c What if you accidentally cloned using the repository URL from the HackForLA Github (instead of the fork on your Github)?
        • i. Resolve remote (1): reset origin remote url
        • ii. Resolve remote (2): Add an upstream remote
    • 1.5 Dev setup (5): Set up Docker
      • 1.5.a Docker installation troubleshooting
    • 1.6 Dev setup (6): Build and serve the website locally
      • 1.6.a Starting Docker
      • 1.6.b Stopping Docker
  • Part 2: How the Website team works with GitHub issues
    • 2.1 Hack for LA Contributor expectations
    • 2.2 How Hack for LA organizes issues
    • 2.3 Where can I find GitHub issues to work on?
      • 2.3.a Available issues for new members (front end/back end)
      • 2.3.b Available issues for returning members (front end)
      • 2.3.c Available issues for returning members (back end)
      • 2.3.d Issues for Hacktoberfest contributors (Front-End/Back-End)
      • 2.3.e What if you see bugs/errors that are not connected to an issue?
    • 2.4 Claiming an Issue
      • 2.4.a Assign & Unassign yourself to this issue
        • i. If you want to to self assign an issue:
        • ii. If you want to to remove yourself an issue:
      • 2.4.b Move this issue from the ‘Prioritized Backlog’ to the ‘In progress’ & back
        • i. After you claim an issue:
        • ii. After you unassign yourself from an issue:
    • 2.5 Reporting progress on your issue
    • 2.6 What to do when you need to stop mid issue
      • 2.6.a Reasons for having to stop:
      • 2.6.b What to do if you have to stop working mid issue:
    • 2.7 Working on an issue
      • 2.7.a Working on an issue (1): Verify current branch is gh-pages
      • 2.7.b Working on an issue (2): Create a new branch where you will work on your issue
        • i. What if you cannot see your changes locally within Docker?
      • 2.7.c Working on an issue(3): Prepare your changes to push to your repository
        • i. Prepare repo changes (1): Use the git add command to stage your changes.
        • ii. Prepare repos changes (2): Use the git status command to see what files are staged.
        • iii. Prepare repos changes (3): Use the git reset HEAD command to remove a staged file.
        • iv. Prepare repos changes (4): Use the git commit command
      • 2.7.d Working on an issue (4): Check upstream before you push
        • i. If there are no changes in the upstream repository
        • ii. If there are conflicting changes in the upstream repository
      • 2.7.e Working on an issue (5): Incorporating changes from upstream
        • i. Incorporating changes into your topic branch
  • Part 3: Pull Requests
    • 3.1 How to make a pull request
      • 3.1.a Push all changes to your issue branch
      • 3.1.b Complete pull request on Hack for LA website repo
        • i. Complete pull request (1): Update pull request title
        • ii. Complete pull request (2): Add issue number to the pull request
        • iii. Complete pull request (3): What changes did you make
        • iv. Complete pull request (4): Include images (if available)
        • v. Complete pull request (5): How to add a pull request to the project board
        • vi. After pull request is submitted/merged
      • 3.1.c Editing a submitted pull request
  • Part 4: Resources and Documentation
    • 4.1 What do I do if I need help?
    • 4.2 Resources and Documentation
      • 4.2.a Hack For LA resources
      • 4.2.b Tools Documentation

Part 1: Setting up the development environment

1.1 Dev setup (1): Join the repository team

In the hfla-site Slack channel, send an introductory message with your GitHub handle/username asking to be added to the Hack for LA website GitHub repository (this repository).

NOTE: Once you have accepted the GitHub invite (comes via email or in your GitHub notifications), please do the following:

1. Make your own Hack for LA GitHub organization membership public by following this guide.
2. Set up two-factor authentication on your account by following this guide.

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1.2 Dev setup (2): Installing Git

Before cloning your forked repository to your local machine, you must have Git installed. You can find instructions for installing Git for your operating system here. Please note that if you have a Mac the page offers several options (see other option, if you need to conserve hard drive space) including:

• an “easiest” option (this version is fine for use at hackforla): This option would take just over 4GB.
• a “more up to date” option (not required but optional if you want it): This option prompts you to go to install an 8GB package manager called Homebrew.
• Other option: If your computer is low on space, you can use this tutorial to install XCode Command Tools and a lighter version of Homebrew and then install Git using this command: $ brew install git which in total only uses 300MB.

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1.3 Dev setup (3): Fork the repository

You can fork the hackforla/website repository by clicking Fork . A fork is a copy of the repository that will be placed on your GitHub account.

Click here to see a visual example of the `fork` button within the website repo

First, you find the `fork` button on the top right hand side of the [Hack for LA website repo](https://github.com/hackforla/website)

Next, a modal may open and request where you want to fork this website repo. Please click on your avatar or your GitHub username

Note: It should create a URL that looks like the following -> https://github.com/<your_GitHub_user_name>/website.

For example -> https://github.com/octocat/website.

Be Aware: What you have created is a forked copy in a remote version on GitHub. It is not yet on your local machine yet.

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1.4 Dev setup (4): Clone (Create) a copy on your computer

Before creating a copy to your local machine, you must have Git installed. You can find instructions for installing Git for your operating system here.

The following steps will clone (create) a local copy of the forked repository on your computer.

1.4.a Clone repo (1): Create hackforla folder

Create a new folder in your computer that will contain hackforla projects.

In your command line interface (Terminal, Git Bash, Powershell), move to where you want your new folder to be placed and create a new folder in your computer that will contain hackforla projects. After that, navigate into the folder(directory) you just created.

For example:

mkdir hackforla
cd hackforla

and run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/<your_GitHub_user_name>/website.git

For example if your GitHub username was octocat:

git clone https://github.com/octocat/website.git

You should now have a new folder in your hackforla folder called website. Verify this by changing into the new directory:

cd website

1.4.b Clone repo (2): Verify origin remote url

Verify that your local cloned repository is pointing to the correct origin URL (that is, the forked repo on your own Github account):

git remote -v

You should see fetch and push URLs with links to your forked repository under your account (i.e. https://github.com/<your_GitHub_user_name>/website.git). You are all set to make working changes to the website on your local machine.

However, we still need a way to keep our local repo up to date with the deployed website. To do so, you must add an upstream remote to incorporate changes made while you are working on your local repo. Run the following to add an upstream remote URL & update your local repo with recent changes to the hackforla version:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/hackforla/website.git
git fetch upstream

After adding the upstream remote, you should now see it if you again run git remote -v :

origin  https://github.com/<your_GitHub_user_name>/website.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/<your_GitHub_user_name>/website.git (push)
upstream        https://github.com/hackforla/website.git (fetch)
upstream        https://github.com/hackforla/website.git (push)

1.4.c What if you accidentally cloned using the repository URL from the HackForLA Github (instead of the fork on your Github)?

i. Resolve remote (1): reset origin remote url

Set your forked repo on your Github as an origin remote:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/<your_GitHub_user_name>/website.git

For example if your GitHub username was octocat:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/octocat/website.git

ii. Resolve remote (2): Add an upstream remote

Add another remote called upstream that points to the hackforla version of the repository. This will allow you to incorporate changes later:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/hackforla/website.git

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1.5 Dev setup (5): Set up Docker

Docker is the recommended approach to quickly getting started with local development. Docker helps create a local/offline version of the hackforla.org website on your computer so you can test out your code before submitting a pull request.

The recommended installation method for your operating system can be found here. Feel free to reach out in the Hack for LA Slack channel if you have trouble installing docker on your system

More on using Docker and the concepts of containerization:

• Get started with Docker

1.5.a Docker installation troubleshooting

If you are on Windows and get 'You are not allowed to use Docker, you must be in the "docker-users" group' as an error message, the following wiki page is a guide for solving te issue:

• Windows docker-users group error guide

Installing WSL2 on windows

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

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1.6 Dev setup (6): Build and serve the website locally

1.6.a Starting Docker

IMPORTANT: Please make sure the Docker Desktop application is running on your computer before you run the bash commands below.

• This command starts a jekyll server locally. The server watches for changes to the source files and rebuilds and refreshes the site automatically in your browser.

Navigate to within the website directory that you cloned earlier in your terminal then run the below command

 docker-compose up

Running the above command will result in the following output in your terminal

Click here to see an example terminal output

Starting hfla_site ... done
Attaching to hfla_site
hfla_site    | ruby 2.7.1p83 (2020-03-31 revision a0c7c23c9c) [x86_64-linux-musl]
hfla_site    | Configuration file: _config.yml       
hfla_site    | Configuration file: _config.docker.yml
hfla_site    |             Source: .
hfla_site    |        Destination: /srv/jekyll/_site
hfla_site    |  Incremental build: enabled
hfla_site    |       Generating...
hfla_site    |                     done in 33.641 seconds.
hfla_site    |                     Auto-regeneration may not work on some Windows versions.
hfla_site    |                     Please see: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/216
hfla_site    |                     If it does not work, please upgrade Bash on Windows or run Jekyll with --no-watch.
hfla_site    |  Auto-regeneration: enabled for '.'
hfla_site    | LiveReload address: http://0.0.0.0:35729
hfla_site    |     Server address: http://0.0.0.0:4000/
hfla_site    |   Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.

When you see the above output, it means the site is now running and now you can browse to http://localhost:4000

NOTE: If it takes longer than 2 minutes to build your website using docker-compose up, please let the technical leads know about this and add your website build time in a comment to issue #1443. Also, once you are part of the merge team, you can work on issue #1443 and fix it (if you want).

1.6.b Stopping Docker

• To stop and completely remove the jekyll server (i.e. the running Docker container):

(do this anytime Docker or jekyll configuration or other repository settings change)

docker-compose down

To stop the server, but not destroy it (often sufficient for day-to-day work):

docker-compose stop

Bring the same server back up later with:

docker-compose up

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Part 2: How the Website team works with GitHub issues

2.1 Hack for LA Contributor expectations

In order to join another project within Hack for LA or work on a Size: Small/Size: Medium/Size: Large label issue within this repo, you need to complete the following:

1. good first issue
   • Self-assign an issue with the good first issue label.
   • Complete steps in 2.7 Working on an issue to create a solution for the issue
   • Complete steps in 3.1 How to make a pull request to get your solution reviewed by the website-merge team.
   • Once your pull request is merged, you can work on your next issue.
2. size: Good second issue

• Self-assign an issue with the Size: Good second issue label.
• Complete steps in 2.7 Working on an issue to create a solution for the issue
• Complete steps in 3.1 How to make a pull request to get your solution reviewed by the website-merge team
• Once your pull request is merged, you can work on your next issue.

Progress through issues with increasing complexity in the following order:

1. Good first issue
2. Good second issue
3. Small
4. Medium
5. Large

The reasons for this progression are:

• The issues start out as being prescriptive and become less so as you gain more experience by working through increasingly complex issues.
• We are trying to teach you the team methodology through the issues themselves.
• It ensures you understand what we expect and the quality of contributions.

All website team members are required to attend at least 1 team meeting in a week (held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays). In case, you are unable in any given week, you should reach out to the tech leadership team. Exceptions to this requirement may be provided on a case-by-case basis.

All website team members are expected to devote a minimum of 6 hours per week while working on various assignments during their entire tenure at the website team (excluding week offs and vacations).

Also, please let the tech leadership team know (through a slack message in the hfla-site channel as well as an @ mention in a comment of the issue that you would be working on) if you are planning to take a week off or a longer vacation.

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2.2 How Hack for LA organizes issues

We currently have issues with the following role labels:

• role: front end
• role: backend/devOps

And the following size labels:

• good first issue
• size: good second issue
• size: Small
• size: Medium
• size: Large

Note: The Prioritized Backlog column is filtered so the first (top) issue has the highest priority and should be worked on next.

Note: if you would like to learn more about our label system you can read this wiki on how to read and interpret our repo labels

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2.3 Where can I find GitHub issues to work on?

The best way to view the issues available is our GitHub Project Board

Click here to see a Project Board visual

Our GitHub project board

There are only 2 columns that you will be consistently referencing:

1. Onboarding infos/links - Some helpful card information examples:

• Website team meeting times/links card
• Website team leadership contact information card
• Filters to show the project issues by a specific size:
  • role: front end size filters card
  • role: back end size filters card
• Figma links (ui/ux design team) card

2. Prioritized Backlog - This column contains all the available issues that can be worked on Note: The column is filtered so the first (top) issue has the highest priority and should be worked on next.

2.3.a Available issues for new members (front end/back end)

We recommend you visit the Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board using the following links: good first issues (front end) and good first issues (back end). These links will take you to a filtered Project Board and will only show issues with the good first issue label for both front end and back end respectively.

Note: The column is filtered so the first (top) issue has the highest priority and should be worked on next.

2.3.b Available issues for returning members (front end)

• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Good second issues label
• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Small label
• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Medium label
• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Large label

2.3.c Available issues for returning members (back end)

• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Good second issues label
• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Small label
• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Medium label
• Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - size: Large label

2.3.d Issues for Hacktoberfest contributors (Front-End/Back-End)

Please use the Prioritized Backlog column in the filtered Project Board - Hacktoberfest label

Note: You can only submit a pull request for one (1) issue with the Hacktoberfest label. Also leave a comment within the issue you would like to work on. Note: If you would like to continue to contribute please join our team. You can find more information on our Hack for LA Getting Started Page.

2.3.e What if you see bugs/errors that are not connected to an issue?

If you see any bugs/errors within the site and there is not an issue for it, please reach out to any of the Website leadership/merge team and they will help you create an issue you can resolve.

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2.4 Claiming an Issue

Once you find an issue you want to work on, you need to self-assign to claim it and then move the issue from the Prioritized Backlog to the In progress. Both of these tasks can be accomplished within the issue. Please see the examples below. (Note: Any issue that you are working on besides the pre-work issue should remain in the In progress column and stay open. Once a member of the merge team or a tech lead merges your pull request associated with that issue, there is automation through GitHub Actions that will take care of moving the issue to a different column and closing the issue.)

2.4.a Assign & Unassign yourself to this issue

Click here to see how you assign & unassign yourself to an issue

Assign/Unassign demo

i. If you want to to self assign an issue:

• Go to the issue you want to work on
• Go to the right hand menu under Assignees
  • Click the assign yourself link

ii. If you want to to remove yourself an issue:

• Go to the issue you are assigned to
• Go to the right hand menu and click on the gear wheel (:gear:) to the right of Assignees
  • Click on the X clear assignees link

2.4.b Move this issue from the ‘Prioritized Backlog’ to the ‘In progress’ & back

Click here to see how to move an issue from the ‘Prioritized Backlog’ to the ‘In progress (actively working)’ & back

Project Board column demo

i. After you claim an issue:

• Click on the dropdown menu within the Projects section of the right-hand menu (value will show Prioritized Backlog if unclaimed)
  • Select In progress (actively working)

ii. After you unassign yourself from an issue:

• Click on the dropdown menu within the Projects section of the right-hand menu (value will show In progress (actively working) if unclaimed)
  • Select Prioritized Backlog

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2.5 Reporting progress on your issue

• Be sure to check the box when you finish an action item.
• Report your progress weekly in a comment below using the following format:
  1. Progress: "What is the current status of your project? What have you completed and what is left to do?"
  2. Blockers: "Difficulties or errors encountered."
  3. Availability: "How much time will you have this week to work on this issue?"
  4. ETA: "When do you expect this issue to be completed?"
  5. Pictures (optional): "Add any pictures of the visual changes made to the site so far."

Note: We currently have a GitHub action action that requests an update via a comment after 7 days of inactivity within an issue. Please be sure to provide weekly updates on progress and/or blockers so we can help you resolve them.

Note: If you would like to know more about how we provide updates within the website team, please read this wiki on how to communicate with our website team

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2.6 What to do when you need to stop mid issue

2.6.a Reasons for having to stop:

• Got personally busy, can’t finish
• Only want to do a specific type of front end or back end task
• There is a blocker in the way of finishing and you would like the opportunity to work on other issues

2.6.b What to do if you have to stop working mid issue:

• For your issue, uncheck the checkboxes for any action items that have to be redone by the next developer picking up the issue.
• Add a note in the comments with details and progress for the next developer
• Move this issue from the ‘In progress’ to the ‘Prioritized Backlog’(see - project board column example above)
• Unassign yourself from this issue (see the unassign example above)

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2.7 Working on an issue

• If you are using Visual studios code you can use the Git graphical user interface to stage your changes. For instructions check out the Git gui wiki

Note: Alternatively you can follow the instructions below to stage changes through the terminal. We will be using Update ‘Give’ image credit link and information - #2093 as an example issue we will be following.

Create a new branch for each issue you work on. Doing all your work on topic branches leaves your repository's main branch (named gh-pages) unmodified and greatly simplifies keeping your fork in sync with the main project.

2.7.a Working on an issue (1): Verify current branch is gh-pages

The git branch command will let you know what branch you are in, and what branch names are already in use.

git branch

You will see a list of all of your branches. There will be a star (*) next to the branch that you are currently in. By default you should start on the gh-pages branch.

Note: When you work on future issues, you must always be in the gh-pages branch when creating a new branch.

If you are not currently in the gh-pages branch, run the following command to return to it:

git checkout gh-pages

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2.7.b Working on an issue (2): Create a new branch where you will work on your issue

The git checkout command will create and change to a new branch where you will do the work on your issue. In git, the checkout command lets you navigate between different branches. Using the -b flag you can create a new branch and immediately switch into it.

For example,if we creating a new issue branch off Update ‘Give’ image credit link and information - #2093:

git checkout -b update-give-link-2093

The text after the -b, in the example update-give-link-2093, will be the name of your new branch.

Note: Choose a branch name that:

• relates to the issue (No spaces!)
• includes the issue number

Note: The format should look like the scheme above where the words are a brief description of the issue that will make sense at a glance to someone unfamiliar with the issue.

Note: No law of physics will break if you don't adhere to this scheme, but laws of git will break if you add spaces.

When you've finished working on your issue, follow the steps below to prepare your changes to push to your repository.

i. What if you cannot see your changes locally within Docker?

If you do not see the changes you applied when you run docker-compose up, do the following:

1. Stop running your Docker application (if still running).
2. Delete the _site directory in the root folder (website)
3. Delete the .jekyll-metadata file in the root folder (website)
4. Finally, restart docker (run docker-compose up in the terminal) and you should see your changes.
   
   

• If the above steps did not resolve your issue, run through the first three steps again, but try resetting your browser's cache before restarting docker (you can also try running http://localhost:4000 in another browser).
• If you still do not see your changes after trying these steps, please feel free to reach out to the team in the #hfla-site slack channel, or bring up your issue in a dev meeting.

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2.7.c Working on an issue(3): Prepare your changes to push to your repository

Once you are done with the work on your issue you will push it to your repository. Before you can push your work to your repository, you will stage and commit your changes. These two commands are similar to the save command that you have used to in other programs.

Note: If you are using Visual studios code you can use the Git graphical user interface to stage your changes. For instructions check out the Git Gui Wiki

i. Prepare repo changes (1): Use the git add command to stage your changes.

This command prepares your changes before you commit them. You can stage files one at a time using the filename.

Run this command if you want to add changes from a specific file(s) to your commit record:

git add “filename.ext”

Run this command if you want to add all changes to all file(s) to your commit record:

git add .

ii. Prepare repos changes (2): Use the git status command to see what files are staged.

This command will list the files that have been staged. These are the files that will be committed (saved) when you run the next command, git commit. Please be sure all your staged changes are relevant to the issue you are working on. If you accidentally included unrelated changes, please unstage them before making this commit, and then make a new commit for the unrelated changes. (The commands for unstaging commits are provided in the output of your git status command.)

git status

iii. Prepare repos changes (3): Use the git reset HEAD command to remove a staged file.

This command will remove a file that has been staged. This file will not be committed (saved) when you run the next command, git commit. This only works if the wrong files were added, but they were not yet committed. The file will be removed from the staging area, but not actually deleted:

git reset HEAD “filename.ext” 

iv. Prepare repos changes (4): Use the git commit command

This command saves your work, and prepares it to push to your repository. Use the -m flag to quickly add a message to your commit. Your message should be a short description of the issue you are working. It will be extremely helpful if other people can understand your message, so try to resist the temptation to be overly cryptic.

To commit your changes with a message, run:

git commit -m “insert message here”

• If you do not see the changes you applied when you run docker-compose up, delete _site directory and .jekyll-metadata file and restart docker. This will force docker to rebuild the whole site.

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2.7.d Working on an issue (4): Check upstream before you push

Before you push your local commits to your repository, check to see if there have been updates made in the main Hack For LA website repository. git fetch will check remote repositories for changes without altering your local repository.

git fetch upstream

i. If there are no changes in the upstream repository

If you do not see any output, there have not been any changes in the main Hack for LA website repository since the last time you checked. So it is safe to push your local commits to your fork.

If you just type git push you will be prompted to create a new branch in your GitHub repository. The more complete command below will create a new branch on your copy of the website repository, and then push your local branch there. The name at the end of this command should be the same as the name of the local branch that you created back in step 3, as in the example below:

git push --set-upstream origin update-give-link-2093

ii. If there are conflicting changes in the upstream repository

When you check the upstream repository, you may see output like this:

Fetching upstream
remote: Enumerating objects: 11, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (11/11), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7/7), done.
remote: Total 11 (delta 5), reused 7 (delta 4), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (11/11), 8.25 KiB | 402.00 KiB/s, done.
From https://github.com/hackforla/website
+ 770d667...14f9f46 Bonnie     -> hackforla/Bonnie  (forced update)
* [new branch]      bonnie     -> hackforla/bonnie
5773ebe..0c86ecd  gh-pages   -> hackforla/gh-pages

Note: You can safely ignore changes in other issue branches, such as bonnie above. But if you see changes in gh-pages, as in 5773ebe..0c86ecd gh-pages -> hackforla/gh-pages, you should incorporate those changes into your repository before merging or rebasing your issue branch. Use the instructions below to bring your fork up to date with the main repository.

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2.7.e Working on an issue (5): Incorporating changes from upstream

Your fork of this repository on GitHub, and your local clone of that fork, will get out of sync with this (upstream) repository from time to time. (That's what has happened when you see something like "This branch is 1 commit behind hackforla:gh-pages" on the github website version of your hackforla repository.)

One way to keep your fork up to date with this repository is to follow these instruction: Syncing your fork to the original repository via the browser

You can also update your fork via the local clone of your fork, using these instructions. Assuming you have a local clone with remotes upstream (this repo) and origin (your GitHub fork of this repo):

• First, you will need to create a local branch which tracks upstream/gh-pages. You will only need to do this once; you do not need to do this every time you want to incorporate upstream changes.

Run the following two commands:

git fetch upstream
git checkout -b upstream-gh-pages --track upstream/gh-pages

If you have already created the branch upstream-gh-pages, the following commands will incorporate upstream changes:

git checkout upstream-gh-pages # Move to the branch you want to merge with. 
git pull  # This updates your tracking branch to match the gh-pages branch in this repository
git checkout gh-pages  # Move back to your gh-pages branch
git merge upstream-gh-pages  # Merge to bring your gh-pages current. 

If you do all your work on topic branches (as suggested above) and keep gh-pages free of local modifications, this merge should apply cleanly.

Then push the merge changes to your GitHub fork:

git push

If you go to your online github repository this should remove the message "This branch is x commit behind hackforla:gh-pages".

i. Incorporating changes into your topic branch

To incorporate these updates from the main GitHub repository into your topic branch, you can 'rebase' your branch onto your updated gh-pages branch. NOTE you should only rebase if you have never pushed your topic branch to GitHub (or shared it with another collaborator).

git checkout update-give-link-2093
git rebase gh-pages

If you receive warnings about conflicts, abort the rebase with git rebase --abort and instead merge gh-pages into your branch.

git checkout update-give-link-2093
git merge gh-pages

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Part 3: Pull Requests

3.1 How to make a pull request

3.1.a Push all changes to your issue branch

Once you are satisfied with your changes, push them to the feature branch you made within your remote repository.

git push --set-upstream origin update-give-link-2093

Note: We will use the pull request Update Care Link in Credits Page - #2131 as an example. This is tied to issue Update ‘Give’ image credit link and information - #2093

3.1.b Complete pull request on Hack for LA website repo

Click here to see a notification for a pull request

Click here to see pull request markdown template

Fixes #replace_this_text_with_the_issue_number

### What changes did you make and why did you make them ?

-
-
-

### Screenshots of Proposed Changes Of The Website  (if any, please do not screen shot code changes)
<!-- Note, if your images are too big, use the <img src="" width="" length="" />  syntax instead of ![image](link) to format the images -->
<!-- If images are not loading properly, you might need to double check the syntax or add a newline after the closing </summary> tag -->

<details>
  <summary>Visuals before changes are applied</summary>

  ![image](Paste_Your_Image_Link_Here_After_Attaching_Files)

</details>

<details>
  <summary>Visuals after changes are applied</summary>

  ![image](Paste_Your_Image_Link_Here_After_Attaching_Files)

</details>

Click here to see pull request #2131 example (gif)

i. Complete pull request (1): Update pull request title

• When the pull request is opened, the title input box will be the where the cursor defaults to.

• The default title will be your last commit message from your branch.

  • Please change it to provide a summary of what you did.
  • For our example (PR Update Care Link in Credits Page - #2131), @adrian-zaragoza provided the following title:

  Update Care Link in Credits Page
  

Advice: Provide a 4-12 word summary of your resolution to the issue you are handling.

ii. Complete pull request (2): Add issue number to the pull request

We have a GitHub action that automatically closes all issues connected to a pull request. So for our example (PR Update Care Link in Credits Page - #2131) we need to make the following changes:

From

Fixes #replace_this_text_with_the_issue_number

To

Fixes #2093

Note: This will now connect the issue and pull request both close when the pull request is successfully merged.

iii. Complete pull request (3): What changes did you make

In bullet point form, notate the changes you made to be in order to complete the action items within your issue. @adrian-zaragoza provided the following summary in PR Update Care Link in Credits Page - #2131:

### What changes did you make and why did you make them ?

- Updated title and alt to Care.
- Updated artist to Bharat
- Updated filename to care.yml

Note: All the bullet points addressed the action items within that issue.

iv. Complete pull request (4): Include images (if available)

in the gif example near the top of this part within the gif of completing pull request #2131, you will see 2 images get dragged into the text box and added within the <details>/<summary> tags like so:

### Screenshots of Proposed Changes Of The Website  (if any, please do not screen shot code changes)
<!-- Note, if your images are too big, use the <img src="" width="" length="" />  syntax instead of ![image](link) to format the images -->
<!-- If images are not loading properly, you might need to double check the syntax or add a newline after the closing </summary> tag -->

<details>
<summary>Visuals before changes are applied</summary>

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/77212035/130176122-aca18c1a-c883-48b3-987d-06342835017c.png)


</details>

<details>
<summary>Visuals after changes are applied</summary>
  
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/77212035/130176069-9c1cc306-f930-43a5-9f93-1249466c81dc.png)

</details>

Note: Not all pull requests will have significant changes to our website. Please do not any screenshots of VSCode If you do not have the ability to notate changes, please remove the <details>/<summary and replace it with an explanation for no images like:

### Screenshots of Proposed Changes Of The Website  (if any, please do not screen shot code changes)

Moving files to another directory. No visual changes to the website.

v. Complete pull request (5): How to add a pull request to the project board

NOTE: We are in the process of automating newly created pull requests being added to the Project Board. However, it still should be manually checked to make sure the pull request has been placed on the Project Board in case automation breaks.

After you have submitted your pull request, add it to the project board by clicking the gear icon on the right under Projects and selecting 'Project Board.'

Click here to see how to add a pull request to the project board

Our GitHub project board

vi. After pull request is submitted/merged

NOTE: After completing your assignment and committing all of the changes, you must leave your current branch and return to the gh-pages branch.

Run the following command to return to the gh-pages branch:

git checkout `gh-pages`

Once your pull request is merged you can delete your branch with the following command:

git branch -d update-give-link-2093

Now you can move on to your next issue and create a new branch. (This ensures you don’t accidentally include the changes from your previous branch in your new branch)

From here, once your pull request is approved and merged you can pull the recent merge from the Hack For LA repository and delete your local branch:

git pull upstream gh-pages
git branch -d update-give-link-2093

Managing branches this way will keep the commit logs cleaner on the Hack For LA repository, versus merging your completed feature branches into your local repo.

Now you are all set to work on a new PR. Start over at 2.3 Where can I find GitHub issues to work on? and repeat completing parts 2 and 3.

3.1.c Editing a submitted pull request

If you find an error in your code or your reviewer asks you to make a change, please avoid editing your code directly from the pull request. Instead update it in your local branch first and then push it to your origin remote. This will update the original pull request.

For new volunteers, check this wiki on completing pull request reviews and our wiki on creating issues for more ways to contribute to the project.

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Part 4: Resources and Documentation

4.1 What do I do if I need help?

The best way to ask for help and provide as much information to the team is to do the following:

Click here for visual comment example

1. Write down your blocker as a comment within your issue
   • Describe the blocker and your approach to resolve the action items within the issue.
2. Note which branch you are working on and make sure it has the changes you are referring to.

Click here to see how to copy a link that goes to an issue comment

1. Click on the ellipsis (...) at the top right of the comment box
2. Click on Copy Link
3. Now paste that link in the hfla-site Slack channel
4. The Website Leadership/Merge Team will do its best to help resolve any blockers and provide guidance.

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4.2 Resources and Documentation

4.2.a Hack For LA resources

• Hack for LA's Wiki
• Wiki - Hack for LA's Site Architecture
• Wiki - Being a Part of the Hack For LA Team
• Wiki - How to review pull requests
• Wiki - How to Create Issues
• Wiki - How to read and interpret issue labels
• Wiki - How to communicate with the HfLA Website Team

4.2.b Tools Documentation

• GitHub Pages
• Jekyll Docs
• Liquid Documentation
• Github Guides
• Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Docker Desktop

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