Git & Beyond

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Navigating Open-Source Repositories and Contributing Through Pull Requests

Post 01 June 15, 2026 Git Open Source Workshop

Abstract

Resources for the session ‘Git & Beyond’. This workshop maps the standard open-source contribution workflow — finding a suitable repository, isolating an issue, preparing a branch, and submitting a pull request for review.

Downloads

Session Slides (PDF)

Practice Repo

github.com/jithurx/tasklite

A small to-do list app with six open issues for practice. Labels used: good first issue, help wanted, documentation, bug, enhancement.

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/tasklite.git
cd tasklite
git checkout -b fix-<short-description>
git add .
git commit -m "Fix: <short description>"
git push origin fix-<short-description>

Then open a pull request on GitHub.

Find More Issues

Challenge

Open one pull request, anywhere, by next week.

Submit your Pull Request

Questions

Open a Discussion on the tasklite repo.

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