1. Installing git In Linux: sudo apt-get install git In Windows: download it from http://git-scm.com/download/winThen run the setuphttp://git-scm.com/download/win

2. Create Github Account suppose the username be and email will be

3. Configuring git in your system Type these commands in command prompt or terminal git config --global user.name git config --global user.email

4. Forking project into your github account Login into your github account that you have created. Type https://github.com/codernitish/attendance-management- system in the url of browserhttps://github.com/codernitish/attendance-management- system Click this fork button Now the source code will be available to your Account. You can see that by checking your repositories

5. Porting source code to your system We will be using http connection same can be done with ssh connection. 1) Go to www folder in your system in command prompt or terminal. 2) Type : git clone https://github.com/ /.git Note: is your github username and Is attendance-management-system for this caseattendance-management-system

6. Now you will have a folder named attendance-management-system under www folderattendance-management-system Go to this directory Type git remote add origins https://github.com/ /.git Change the files, add edit your files You can see while files you have changed by typing git status Add changed files for commiting by command git add Commit changes to your local system by typing git commit -m "commit message“ Push the changes to your remote repository by typing git push https:// : @github.com/tatsty/attendance-management- system.git

7. Contributing to original project After your done with your changes and you want these changes to the original project you have create a pull request Go to your repository in github Click this to create pull request After that in next window click create Pull request

8. Resources https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Git-Basics