Support: Committing to a forked Repo doesn't create a Green Square on Github

[yalematta]

I've got one beginner Github Question!
If I fork a Repo and I add code, commit and push to my own forked Repo: no green squares are being shown!
Should I create a Pull-Request with my changes for the green square to show up?

[eddiejaoude]

Great question @yalematta 👍

If the commit is not in the default branch in any repo (fork or your own), then it does not show the green square until it is merged into the default branch (if a fork, it is best not to make any changes in the default branch as this should be kept up to date with upstream).

Raising an Issue or Pull Request will give you another green square in addition to any commits that end up in the default branch.

After a Pull Request is merged and commits are in the default branch, that is at least 3 open source activities (including the creating of the Issue - the darkness of the green square will depend on the rest of the activity on the graph.

[yalematta]

Very clear! Thank you for your quick answer 👍