How to make your first open source contribution

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  • git

    A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. (by git-for-windows)

    Most OSS use Git, which is a versioning system. It lets you handle code changes. I'm not covering how to use Git here, if you need to learn it you can visit any tutorial you want.

  • Puts Debuggerer

    Ruby library for improved puts debugging, automatically displaying bonus useful information such as source line number and source code.

    git clone https://github.com//

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  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

    Make the changes you want in your IDE of preference. I suggest VS Code. Create little commits, and little PRs.

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