# github.com
![](img/octocat.png)

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# find a project
![](img/search.png)

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# 800,000 original projects

	!ruby
	>> Repository.count(:conditions =>
		{ :parent_id => nil, :public => 1 })
	=> 805411

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# be part of a community

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# contribute back

* fork
* commit
* push
* (pull request)

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# get the code
	!bash
	$ git clone git://github.com/some1/project
	Cloning into project...
	$ cd project/
	$ vim README
	$ git commit -am 'made it better'
	[master dbeb245] made it better
	 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
	$ (fork it on github)
	$ git remote add myfork git@github.com:you/project.git
	$ git push myfork master:feature_name
	...
	To git@github.com:you/project.git
	   9457e38..dbeb245  master -> feature_name

improve someone else's repo, in just one minute