Committing-Changes-to-the-Git-Repository.md

-The MOM-CA developer community uses github for collaborative development. In the following, only some minimum information is provided for the handling of a Git repository. It is assumed that your Linux terminal points to the directory where MOM-CA is installed, e.g. to _/home/jochen/XRX/mom.XRX_. It is also assumed that all changes are commited into the master branch.
+The MOM-CA developer community uses github for collaborative development. In the following, only some minimum information is provided for the handling of a Git repository. It is assumed that your Linux terminal points to the directory where MOM-CA is installed, e.g. to _/home/jochen/XRX/mom.XRX_. It is also assumed that all changes are commited into the master branch. The general practice in MOM-CA is to fork the repository before working on the code and to create a pull request after submitting your changes to your fork in the github repository.
 
 # Update Your Local Codebase
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The quoted text after the **_-m_** parameter informs other MOM-CA developers abo
 
 # Commit Your Changes to the Public Git Repository
 
-After you have tested your local changes carefully, commit your changes into the public Git repository with the following command:
+After you have tested your local changes carefully, commit your changes into your fork on the public Git repository with the following command:
 
 `git push origin master`