diff --git a/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/fork-a-repo.md b/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/fork-a-repo.md index cebd2fc622..e7d3447cc3 100644 --- a/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/fork-a-repo.md +++ b/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/fork-a-repo.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ topics: --- ### About forks -Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else's project or to use someone else's project as a starting point for your own idea. +Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else's project or to use someone else's project as a starting point for your own idea. You can fork a repository to create a copy of the repository and make changes without affecting the upstream repository. For more information, see "[Working with forks](/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/working-with-forks)." #### Propose changes to someone else's project @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ Right now, you have a fork of the Spoon-Knife repository, but you don't have the > remove: Total 10 (delta 1), reused 10 (delta 1) > Unpacking objects: 100% (10/10), done. ``` - Now, you have a local copy of your fork of the Spoon-Knife repository. #### Step 3: Configure Git to sync your fork with the original Spoon-Knife repository @@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ You can make any changes to a fork, including: - **Opening pull requests:** If you are hoping to contribute back to the original repository, you can send a request to the original author to pull your fork into their repository by submitting a [pull request](/articles/about-pull-requests). ### Find another repository to fork - Fork a repository to start contributing to a project. {% data reusables.repositories.you-can-fork %} {% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}You can browse [Explore](https://github.com/explore) to find projects and start contributing to open source repositories. For more information, see "[Finding ways to contribute to open source on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}](/github/getting-started-with-github/finding-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-on-github)." diff --git a/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/github-glossary.md b/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/github-glossary.md index bed5cc682c..b5f6302969 100644 --- a/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/github-glossary.md +++ b/content/github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/github-glossary.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: GitHub glossary -intro: 'Below are a list of some Git and {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} specific terms we use across our sites and documentation.' +intro: 'This glossary introduces common Git and {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} terminology.' redirect_from: - /articles/github-glossary - /github/getting-started-with-github/github-glossary diff --git a/data/glossaries/external.yml b/data/glossaries/external.yml index c787b0fb0e..b77f8bc851 100644 --- a/data/glossaries/external.yml +++ b/data/glossaries/external.yml @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ A digital certificate issued by Certificate Authority (CA) that ensures there are valid connections between two machines, such as a user's computer and GitHub.com and verifies the ownership of a site. - term: card description: A movable square within a project board associated with an issue or pull request. -- term: Check +- term: check description: >- A check is a type of status check on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. See "[Status checks](#status-checks)." - term: checkout @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ description: >- The ability to run GitHub Enterprise services across multiple nodes and load balance requests between them. -- term: Code frequency graph +- term: code frequency graph description: >- A repository graph that shows the content additions and deletions for each week in a repository's history. @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ - term: contributor description: >- A contributor is someone who does not have collaborator access to a repository but has contributed to a project and had a pull request they opened merged into the repository. -- term: Contributors graph +- term: contributors graph description: A repository graph that displays the top 100 contributors to a repository. - term: coupon description: >- @@ -175,17 +175,17 @@ description: A time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. - term: cURL description: Used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. -- term: Dashboard +- term: dashboard description: >- Your personal dashboard is the main hub of your activity on GitHub. From your personal dashboard, you can keep track of issues and pull requests you're following or working on, navigate to your top repositories and team pages, and learn about recent activity in repositories you're watching or participating in. You can also discover new repositories, which are recommended based on users you're following and repositories you have starred. To only view activity for a specific organization, visit your organization's dashboard. For more information, see "[About your personal dashboard](/articles/about-your-personal-dashboard)" or "[About your organization dashboard](/articles/about-your-organization-dashboard)." - term: default branch description: >- The base branch for new pull requests and code commits in a repository. Each repository has at least one branch, which Git creates when you initialize the repository. The first branch is usually called {% if currentVersion ver_lt "enterprise-server@3.2" %}`master`{% else %}`main`{% endif %}, and is often the default branch. -- term: Dependents graph +- term: dependents graph description: >- A repository graph that shows the packages, projects, and repositories that depend on a public repository. -- term: Dependencies graph +- term: dependency graph description: >- A repository graph that shows the packages and projects that the repository depends on. - term: deploy key @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ not been committed to the current branch. - term: email notifications description: Notifications sent to a user's email address. -- term: Enterprise account +- term: enterprise account description: Enterprise accounts allow you to centrally manage policy and billing for multiple {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} organizations. {% data reusables.gated-features.enterprise-accounts %} - term: Explorer description: >- @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ description: >- A user account billing plan that is free. Users can collaborate on unlimited public repositories with unlimited collaborators. -- term: Gist +- term: gist description: >- A gist is a shareable file that you can edit, clone, and fork on GitHub. You can make a gist {% if currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" %}internal{% else %}public{% endif %} or secret, although secret gists will be @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ A personal account that cannot be accessed by the user. Accounts are locked when users downgrade their paid account to a free one, or if their paid plan is past due. -- term: Management Console +- term: management console description: >- A section within the GitHub Enterprise interface that contains administrative features. @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ web-publishing background to write prose (including with links, lists, bullets, etc.) and have it displayed like a website. GitHub supports Markdown and uses a particular form of Markdown called GitHub Flavored Markdown. See [GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec](https://github.github.com/gfm/) or [Getting started with writing and formatting on GitHub](/articles/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github). -- term: Markup +- term: markup description: A system for annotating and formatting a document. - term: main description: >- @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ a new Git repository on the command line, a branch called `master` is created. Many tools now use an alternative name for the default branch.{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@3.1" or currentVersion == "github-ae@latest" %} For example, when you create a new repository on GitHub, the default branch is called `main`.{% endif %} -- term: Members graph +- term: members graph description: A repository graph that shows all the forks of a repository. - term: mention description: >- @@ -443,12 +443,12 @@ description: >- A child team of a parent team. You can have multiple children (or nested) teams. -- term: Network graph +- term: network graph description: >- A repository graph that shows the branch history of the entire repository network, including branches of the root repository and branches of forks that contain commits unique to the network. -- term: News Feed +- term: news feed description: >- An activity view of repositories or people you watch. An organization's News Feed shows activity on repositories owned by the organization. @@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ description: >- Comments from collaborators on a pull request that approve the changes or request further changes before the pull request is merged. -- term: Pulse graph +- term: pulse graph description: A repository graph that gives you an overview of a repository's activity. -- term: Punch graph +- term: punch graph description: >- A repository graph that shows the frequency of updates to a repository based on the day of week and time of day @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ description: >- A visual representation within a pull request that your commits meet the conditions set for the repository you're contributing to. -- term: Status checks +- term: status checks description: >- Status checks are external processes, such as continuous integration builds, which run for each commit you make in a repository. For more information, see "[About status checks](/articles/about-status-checks)." - term: star @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ description: >- A way to explore repositories in a particular subject area, find projects to contribute to, and discover new solutions to a specific problem on GitHub. -- term: Traffic graph +- term: traffic graph description: >- A repository graph that shows a repository's traffic, including full clones (not fetches), visitors from the past 14 days, referring sites, and popular @@ -781,8 +781,6 @@ events on GitHub.com. Webhooks provide a way for notifications to be delivered to an external web server whenever certain actions occur on a repository or organization. Also called a service hook. -- term: Works with GitHub - description: A listing of integrations that work with GitHub. - term: write access description: >- A permission level on a repository that allows the user to push, or write,