FAQ / Common errors and how to resolve them.

[Roshanjossey]

This issue thread is to address common problems you might encounter while following this tutorial. If you don't find the problem you're facing in here, comment below.

1. when trying to push, getting a 403 error code saying "Permission Denied"

   You might not have cloned your fork of first-contributions. Make sure that you go to your fork and clone it from there.

2. Can't compare to create pull request
   

   Delete your fork and fork this repository again.

3. There is a merge conflict
   
   Try this https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/resolving-a-merge-conflict-on-github

[abideen305]

If you have issue with pushing when you fork a repository, it probably means that the url you copied is the origin repository which you don't have access to. You will need to copy the url from your own repository.

[endrose]

1. cant push maybe in windows credential get problem.
   
   trying remove, and set config again " git config --global user.email and git config --global user.name " git remote set-url origin "URL" then trying push again

[Roshanjossey]

@sara-02, let's keep this pinned. Issues is one of the places people check when they run into problems. Also, I think having more visibility for this issue could result in us understanding more problems users are facing.

[diyelectromusic]

When running through the Github Desktop GUI tutorial, I encountered the "what are you planning to do with this fork" and didn't know what to select. I cancelled that and then the rest of the tutorial worked fine - but I still don't know which of the two options it chose or the implications of that choice (I'm working on the assuming it chose "contribute to the parent project").

Many thanks for writing these tutorials for a github newbie like me!

(Also, a more prominent link to this FAQ issue might be useful on all tutorials?)

Kevin

[bebotcowboy]

I'm on the step for first contributions that says "Submit your changes for review" and I'm supposed to click a "Compare & pull request button" but it is nowhere to be found. Any help or tips on what I did wrong or what I can do to submit?

[peterthankgod]

Revisiting the steps and you will find out the error for correction

[Roshanjossey]

Hi @BarzinDevelops, if you check the top of your PR pages, you can see there many lines being modified.

That's the problem. I understand that you're not doing this. My guess is that your text editor is formatting the file.
Try to disable auto formatting to avoid this. Or try a different editor.

The good thing is you've learned how to make changes and submit a pull request with this tutorial. The names in that file are not that important. We remove them from time to time to make it easy to open in most text editors.

[Abhishekverma2002]

I did a mistake by not making a separate branch and trying to make changes to the main branch itself.

[MirandaPoth]

When running through the Github Desktop GUI tutorial, I encountered the "what are you planning to do with this fork" and didn't know what to select. I cancelled that and then the rest of the tutorial worked fine - but I still don't know which of the two options it chose or the implications of that choice (I'm working on the assuming it chose "contribute to the parent project").

Many thanks for writing these tutorials for a github newbie like me!

(Also, a more prominent link to this FAQ issue might be useful on all tutorials?)

Kevin

I have this question too. Does anyone have the answer please?

[Laiba-Akram]

remove the red underline conflict or remove the conflict after resolve conflict button .

if it does't work close pull request and create pull request again

[heshuyue]

My fork branch has been updated, but why can't I pull requests? I have two local branches, one is "main", and the other is my modified branch. I push the modified branch to the github branch of my fork, and then the problem that the request cannot be pulled in the following figure occurs.

[heshuyue]

Now it has been solved.

[jasonldx]

Hey @huawuque404, what is your solution? I had same issue but can't figure out how to solve it, thanks

[heshuyue]

Hey @huawuque404, what is your solution? I had same issue but can't figure out how to solve it, thanks

My situation is to directly pull the request under first contributions, and I have encountered this problem. I can just pull the request in my own fork warehouse

Not here

But here

Hope to help you.

[Farhern]

the slack link on github is broken, can i please get a new link so that i can update and contribute to it?

[Salm55]

Balkha event

[KIRANRAJ017]

1. when trying to push, getting a 403 error code saying "Permission Denied"

Solution :
It may occur while pushing, because U copied the url from the owner repository, U have to clone it and change the remote to ur repository.
"git remote set-url origin https://github.com/your-name/repo-name.git "