Common Activities

Here are some of the top things to do on github

Forking: Forking creates a personal copy of a repository under your GitHub account. You can freely make changes to your fork without affecting the original repository. Forks are often used to contribute to open-source projects or experiment with changes.
Contributing: Contributing involves making changes to a repository and opening a pull request (PR) to propose those changes to the repository owner. The owner can review, discuss, and decide whether to merge your contributions.
Starring: Starring a repository adds it to your list of favorite repositories, making it easier to find and follow. Starring is often used to keep track of interesting or important projects.
Watching: Watching a repository means you'll receive notifications for that repository's activity, including issues, PRs, and discussions. It helps you stay updated on developments.
Cloning: Cloning a repository creates a local copy on your machine. You can use git clone to clone a repository, which allows you to work on the code locally.
Creating Issues: Issues are used to report bugs, request features, or discuss problems related to a repository. They serve as a way to communicate with the project maintainers.
Commenting on Issues: You can participate in issue discussions by providing feedback, additional information, or solutions to problems. Comments help maintainers and contributors collaborate effectively.
Creating Pull Requests: A pull request (PR) is a proposal to merge changes from one branch or fork into another. It includes the changes you've made and often serves as a discussion point for code review.
Reviewing Pull Requests: Reviewers evaluate proposed changes in PRs. They can comment on code, approve or request changes, and ensure that the changes meet project standards.
Merging Pull Requests: Once a PR is approved and reviewed, it can be merged into the target branch. This integrates the proposed changes into the main codebase.
Branching: Creating branches is essential for working on specific features, bug fixes, or experiments without affecting the main branch. Branches help keep work organized.
Committing: Commits are snapshots of changes made to a repository. They include a message describing the changes made in that commit. Commits are the building blocks of a project's history.
Pushing: Pushing commits uploads them from your local repository to the remote repository on GitHub, making your changes available for collaboration.
Creating Releases: Releases are tagged versions of a repository. They often include release notes, which describe changes, improvements, and new features in that version.
Editing Files Online: GitHub provides a web-based editor that allows users to make quick changes to files in a repository directly from the web interface. It's useful for minor edits.
Adding Collaborators: Repository owners can add collaborators who have access to the repository, allowing them to contribute, manage issues, and work together on the project.
Forking to Organizations: Organizations can fork repositories, just like individual users. This is helpful for managing projects and contributions within an organization.
Managing Labels: Labels help categorize and prioritize issues. They can indicate issue type (bug, enhancement), status (open, closed), or other attributes, making it easier to organize and find issues.
Using README.md: The README.md file is the project's front page on GitHub. It provides essential information, project documentation, and instructions for users and contributors.
GitHub Actions: GitHub Actions allow you to automate workflows and build continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. You can set up custom actions to perform various tasks based on events in your repository.

These GitHub activities facilitate collaboration, communication, and project management within the GitHub platform, making it a valuable platform for software development and open source contributions.