A basic overview of the fork-and-clone workflow for contributing to projects.
The fork-and-clone workflow is standard for contributing to open-source projects or any project where you don't have direct push access. First, you 'fork' the original repository on GitHub. A fork is a personal copy of someone else's repository that lives in your own GitHub account. This copy is entirely yours to modify as you wish. Next, you 'clone' your forked repository to your local machine. Now you can create a new branch, make your changes, and commit them. Once you're ready to propose your changes to the original project, you 'push' your branch to your forked repository on GitHub (not the original one). Finally, you open a Pull Request from your forked repository's branch back to the original project's `main` branch. The project maintainers can then review your contribution, discuss it with you, and, if they approve, merge it into their project. This workflow allows anyone to contribute to any public project without needing direct write access.