From 6d173d0024dc86974ac1d0aa4baae108cc096867 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen Akkerman <Jeroen_akkerman1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:35:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md

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 # Contributing
 
-Hey, welcome to the party! 🎉
-
-Thank you so much for contributing to EasyMDE. 😘
+Thank you so much for your interest in contributing to EasyMDE!
 
 
-## Asking questions, suggesting wonderful ideas or reporting bugs
+## Asking questions, suggesting ideas or reporting bugs
 
-You can [submit an issue️](https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/issues/new) on this GitHub repository.
+You can [submit an issue️](https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/issues) on this GitHub repository.
 
 
 ## Coding
 
 ### 📦 Prerequisites
 
-You need Node.js and npm.
+To contribute code to this project you'll need an up-to-date LTS or current version of Node.js and npm.
 
-To install them on Debian-based systems:
-
-```bash
-curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
-sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
-echo -e "nodejs version:\t$(nodejs -v) \nnpm version:\t$(npm -v)"
-# check that you have node.js and npm.
-```
-
-For other systems, please [read the official page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/).
+Please find information about the installation on [the official Node.js website](https://nodejs.org/en/download/).
 
 
-### 🏗️ Installation
+### ⤴️ Workflow
 
-Here we go! 🤠 First, clone this repository:
+Please make sure any code you submit is compliant and compatible with this repository's [license](./LICENSE).
 
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor.git
-cd easy-markdown-editor
-```
+#### Your first pull request
+1. [Create a fork of this project](https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/fork).
+1. Clone your fork: `git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/easy-markdown-editor.git`.
+1. Add the original repository as remote to keep it up-to-date: `git remote add upstream https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor.git`.
+1. Fetch the latest changes from upstream: `git fetch upstream`.
+1. Run `npm ci` to install the required dependencies.
+1. Create a new branch to work on: `git checkout -b MyNewFeatureName`.
+1. Write your awesome improvement and commit your work.
+1. Make sure your changes comply with the established code and tests succeed: `npm run test`.
+1. Push your changes to GitHub: `git push origin`.
+1. On GitHub, go to your forked branch, and click **New pull request**.
+1. Choose the correct branches, add a description and submit your pull request!
 
-Then install the required dependencies:
-
-```bash
-npm install
-```
-
-Yay! You are ready! 🍾
-
-
-### ⤴️ Creating a pull request
-
-1. First, [create a fork of this project](https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/fork), and copy the https URL (*clone or download* button) of your project (something like https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/easy-markdown-editor.git );
-2. a) If you already cloned and worked on the project: `git remote add source https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor.git`;
-b) Otherwise, clone your fork: `git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/easy-markdown-editor.git`;
-3. Create a new dedicated branch `git checkout -b myMergeRequest`;
-4. Write some nice code and commit your work. (Don't forget to add your changes to the changelog!);
-5. Check files against the ESLint syntax and build minified versions: `gulp`;
-6. Test your changes;
-7. Push it to a dedicated branch `git push origin myMergeRequest`;
-8. Go to the [main project page](https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor) and click on the button *Compare and pull request*, then fill the description.
-
-If you want to make other pull requests, go back to the master branch (`git checkout master`), update it (`git pull --rebase source master`), then follow the instructions above from step 3.
+#### Continuing development
+To create more pull requests, please follow the steps below:
+1. Go back to the master branch: `git checkout master`.
+1. Fetch the upstream changes: `git fetch upstream`.
+1. Update the master branch with upstream changes: `git merge upstream/master`.
+1. Repeat ["Your first pull request"](#your-first-pull-request) from step 5.
 
 Thank you! 💜