Dev Tips – A Collaborative Repository for Developers

Welcome to Dev Tips — a collection of coding wisdom!
This repo is designed for beginners learning Git, GitHub, and open-source collaboration.

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What You’ll Learn

• How to fork a repository
• How to clone and branch
• How to make commits and push changes
• How to create a Pull Request
• How to resolve merge conflicts

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🗂️ Repository Structure

dev-tips/
├── tips/
│   ├── beginner_tips.md
│   ├── intermediate_tips.md
│   └── advanced_tips.md
└── contributors.md

Each .md file contains categorized developer tips.
You’ll add your own tip to the right file and your name in contributors.md.

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How to Contribute

Follow these steps carefully

1. Fork this repository

Click the Fork button at the top right of this page.
This creates a copy of this repo under your GitHub account.

Your fork will look like:

[https://github.com/](https://github.com/)<your-username>/dev-tips

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2. Clone your fork

Open a terminal and run:

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/dev-tips.git

Then navigate into the folder:

cd dev-tips

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3. Create a new branch

Always create a new branch for your changes:

git checkout -b add-my-tip

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4. Add your tip

Open the tips/ folder and pick a file based on your experience:

Category	File
Beginner	tips/beginner_tips.md
Intermediate	tips/intermediate_tips.md
Advanced	tips/advanced_tips.md

Add your tip at the bottom of the file like this:

- Always write meaningful commit messages. *(Added by Chandrima Hazra)*

Then, add your name to the contributors.md file:

- Chandrima Hazra

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5. Commit your changes

git add .
git commit -m "Added Chandrima’s tip on meaningful commit messages"

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6. Push your branch

git push origin add-my-tip

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7. Create a Pull Request

1. Go to your fork on GitHub.
2. You’ll see a prompt to “Compare & pull request”.
3. Click it, add a short description, and submit your PR.

Wait for the maintainer to review and merge your contribution

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⚠️ Handling Merge Conflicts

If you see a merge conflict:

1. Pull the latest main branch:

   git pull upstream main

2. Resolve conflicts manually in your file.

3. Add and commit again:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Resolved conflict"
   git push origin add-my-tip

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