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Author: lwasser

.doctrees/CONTRIBUTING.doctree

@@ -512,8 +512,14 @@ <h2>Two approaches to contributing<a class="headerlink" href="#two-approaches-to
 </section>
 <section id="forking-the-repository">
 <h2>Forking the repository<a class="headerlink" href="#forking-the-repository" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
-<p>Independently of the approach you choose, the first step is to fork the Python Packaging Guide repository into your personal GitHub space.</p>
-<p><em><strong>TODO</strong>: This section should show a beginner user how to fork a repository in GitHub.</em></p>
+<p>Independently of the approach you choose, the first step is to fork the Python Packaging Guide repository into your personal GitHub space. To “fork” a repository in GitHub means to create a copy of the main repository, or repo, that you have complete control over and can modify as you see fit.</p>
+<p>To fork a repo,</p>
+<ol class="arabic simple">
+<li><p>Make sure you are logged into GitHub.</p></li>
+<li><p>Go to the repo you would like to fork, in this case the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.github.com/pyopensci/python-package-guide">Python Packaging Guide</a> repo.</p></li>
+<li><p>In the top right-hand corner of the page there is a ‘Fork’ button. Click that button. You will be brought to a new page where you will ‘Create a new fork’. Feel free to keep all the default inputs and click ‘Create fork’. This will create a copy of the repo at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">https://github.com/&lt;username&gt;/python-package-guide</span></code>, where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;username&gt;</span></code> is your GitHub username.</p></li>
+</ol>
+<img width="395" alt="fork_repo" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/949223fb-b58b-4b6d-85db-003bd117da46">
 </section>
 <section id="contributing-via-the-github-website">
 <h2>Contributing via the GitHub website<a class="headerlink" href="#contributing-via-the-github-website" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>

.doctrees/environment.pickle

@@ -32,9 +32,17 @@ The second approach is making your contribution directly in the GitHub website.
 
 ## Forking the repository
 
-Independently of the approach you choose, the first step is to fork the Python Packaging Guide repository into your personal GitHub space.
+Independently of the approach you choose, the first step is to fork the Python Packaging Guide repository into your personal GitHub space. To "fork" a repository in GitHub means to create a copy of the main repository, or repo, that you have complete control over and can modify as you see fit.
 
-*__TODO__: This section should show a beginner user how to fork a repository in GitHub.*
+To fork a repo,
+
+1. Make sure you are logged into GitHub.
+
+2. Go to the repo you would like to fork, in this case the [Python Packaging Guide](https://www.github.com/pyopensci/python-package-guide) repo.
+
+3. In the top right-hand corner of the page there is a 'Fork' button. Click that button. You will be brought to a new page where you will 'Create a new fork'. Feel free to keep all the default inputs and click 'Create fork'. This will create a copy of the repo at `https://github.com/<username>/python-package-guide`, where `<username>` is your GitHub username.
+
+<img width="395" alt="fork_repo" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/949223fb-b58b-4b6d-85db-003bd117da46">
 
 ## Contributing via the GitHub website