How to contribute on github?

[Mehrdad]

> OK, so what you do is you fork the Phobos repo. You then set up 
> your local clone like so:
>
> $ mkdir phobos
> $ cd phobos
> $ git init .
> $ git remote add upstream 
> git at github.com:D-Programming-Language/phobos.git
> $ git remote add origin 
> git at github.com:YourUserNameHere/phobos.git
> $ git fetch origin && git fetch upstream
> $ git checkout -b master origin/master
>
> Now you have a working directory and a local master branch set 
> up to track your fork's remote master branch.
>
> Now you simply add commits to your repo, push them to GitHub 
> (git push origin master), and send a pull request to the 
> upstream Phobos repository.
>
> Synchronizing with upstream can basically be done like so:
>
> $ git fetch upstream
> $ git pull --rebase upstream master
> $ git push origin master -f
>
> This fetches the latest changes from upstream, unrolls your 
> fork's commits, adds in upstream's commits, then readds your 
> fork's commits, and finally, force-pushes your local branch to 
> your remote branch (the force push is necessary because you 
> rewrite history, which is OK in your personal fork).



Oooh... so I actually need to fork! I didn't know that. (I 
thought it was for when you want to make a different project 
based on something, not just commit to an existing project.)

Awesome, I'll try that; thanks!