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Documentation

If you would like to contribute to the documentation please follow the instructions here:

  1. Head to Github.

  2. Create an account if you don’t have one already:

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  3. Head to Start9’s documentation repo.

  4. Fork the repository by clicking here:

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  5. Click “Create fork”

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  1. Click through the relevant directory, find the article you’d like to edit and select it:

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  2. Click on the edit button:

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  3. Make your edit:

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  4. Describe your changes in the first field, click “Create new branch for this commit and start a pull request,” name the branch in the second field and click “Propose changes”

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  5. Click “documentation”:

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  6. Click “new pull request” by the side of the branch you just created:

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  7. Now ensure that the base repository is Start9Labs/documentation, then click the cog on the right and select someone from the Start9 team to review your PR then finally click “Create pull request”.

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  8. If you are unable to request review you can still click “Create pull request” - once reviewed we will either suggest changes or approve it if no changes are necessary. If we reject your PR we will try to offer an explanation of why the PR was not needed.

Thank you for contributing to Start9’s documentation!