Contribute to an existing branch on GitHub

Question 1

change into the repo directory

Answer 1

cd repo

Question 2

Update all remote tracking branches, and the currently checked out branch

Answer 2

git pull

Question 3

Change into the existing branch called feature-a

Answer 3

git checkout feature-a

Question 4

Make changes, for example, edit file1.md using the text editor

Stage the changed file

Answer 4

git add file1.md

Question 5

Take a snapshot of the staging area

Answer 5

git commit -m “edit file1.md”

Question 6

Push changes to github

Answer 6

git push