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#### Learning git for further contributions
It would of course ease the burden on community members if returning contributors learn the few basic git concepts required to submit pull requests themselves, but this is of course not a requirement.
It would of course ease the burden on community members if returning contributors learn the few basic git concepts required to submit pull requests themselves.
The official Qubes OS documentation [contribution guidelines](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/doc-guidelines/) is a good start. It is based on contributing to the official qubes-doc repository but is applicable to any other project.
However the guide doesn't approach the problem of keeping a forked repository synchronized with "upstream" (eg. the official repository). This isn't a trivial problem ([github help page]](https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/)), especially when you have made changes in your forked repository ([stackoverflow post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7244321/how-do-i-update-a-github-forked-repository)). So until you are proficient enough to understand the steps involved, a simple alternative that does not require command line usage is to delete the forked repository and re-fork it from upstream. This is a bit of a "nuclear" option though and you'll obviously loose any changes you've made in your forked repository.
However the guide doesn't approach the problem of keeping a forked repository synchronized with "upstream" (eg. the official repository). This isn't a trivial problem ([github help page](https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/)), especially when you have made changes in your forked repository ([stackoverflow post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7244321/how-do-i-update-a-github-forked-repository)). So until you are proficient enough to understand the steps involved, a simple alternative that does not require command line usage is to delete the forked repository and re-fork it from upstream. This is a bit of a "nuclear" option though and you'll obviously loose any changes you've made in your forked repository.