VITLinks is the place where you can find & connect with fellow VITians! You can also browse other students, check out their social links & share the unique link for all your needs! Add your name to VITLinks by a simple "contribution" to our backend repository!
You can contribute to this project in a lot of ways, we will be opening issues soon but feel free to open them if you have any ideas!
VIT Links homepage - https://VIT-links-frontend.guptasajal411.repl.co
Your VIT Links unique profile! - https://VIT-links-frontend.guptasajal411.repl.co/githubUsername
Note - Adding your name to VITLinks is done in our backend repository & wont be counted as a valid hacktoberfest contribution.
Hacktoberfest is back this year!
Hacktoberfest is an annual month-long celebration of open source organised every year by DIgital Ocean. Every participant who follows their set of rules and get 4 Pull Requests (PRs) merged will receive swags. Pull requests must be approved by a maintainer of the repository/project to count.
You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31. Just be sure to sign up on the official Hacktoberfest website for your pull requests to count.
Every contributor's efforts and time are deeply appreciated π
Add your details to this repo, so that everyone can find you on VITLinks! To add your details, follow the steps given below π
1. Fork this repository.
2. Clone your forked copy of the project.
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/VIT-links-backend.git
3. Navigate to the project directory π .
cd VIT-links-backend
4. Create a new branch.
git checkout -b <YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>
5. In public/data
folder, create a new json
file with the name: YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME.json
Copy and paste this example data in the newly created file -
{
"name": "YOUR_NAME",
"githubUsername": "YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME",
"profilePicture": "LINK_TO_YOUR_PFP",
"description": "YOUR_DESCRIPTION",
"university": "VIT",
"branch": "YOUR_BRANCH",
"graduationYear": 2024,
"links": [
{
"name": "Follow me on GitHub",
"url": "YOUR_GITHUB_LINK"
},
{
"name": "Follow me on Instagram",
"url": "YOUR_INSTAGRAM_LINK"
},
{
"name": "Connect with me on LinkedIn",
"url": "YOUR_LINKEDIN_LINK"
}
]
}
6. Stage your changes:heavy_check_mark:
git add .
7. Commit your changes .
git commit -m "Relevant message"
8. Push the committed changes in your feature branch to your remote repo.
git push -u origin <your_branch_name>
9. To create a pull request, click on compare and pull requests
. Please ensure you compare your feature branch to the desired branch of the repo you are suppose to make a PR to.
10. Add appropriate title and description to your pull request explaining your changes and efforts done. Always make sure you have pulled the latest code from the master branch before making a PR.
11. Click on Create Pull Request
.
12. Hurray β You have created a PR to the GeekForGeeks VIT-B Hacktoberfest21 Website π₯ . Sit back patiently and relax till then the project maintainers will review your PR. Please understand, there will be some time taken to review a PR and can vary from a few hours to a few days too so be Patient and keep contributing.