Fork the commons repo from github. Now clone this repo to your local machine. Enter the following in terminal (Gitbash for windows users)
git clone https://github.com/<your-github-profile-name>/apps-android-commons.git
Do git remote -v. It will probably show you
origin https://github.com/<your-github-profile-name>/apps-android-commons.git (fetch and push)
Then add the upstream remote ie. commons repo by using
git remote add upstream https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons.git
Now git remote -v will show
origin https://github.com/<your-github-profile-name>/apps-android-commons.git (fetch and push)
upstream https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons.git (fetch and push)
Change to the repository on your local computer
cd <repository-directory>
Now, create a branch
git checkout -b <branch-name>
When you are done making changes, make a commit
git commit -m <type-commit-message>
To push
git push origin <branch_name>
Whenever you need to pull
git pull origin <branch_name>
To pull from original commons use
git pull upstream <branch_name>