Is the tutorial for contributing to a project missing a step?

[ironcito]

I followed the step-by-step tutorial at
https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/contributing-to-a-project

The article basically gives intructions to:

1. Fork a repository on GitHub
2. Clone the fork to my computer
3. Create a new branch of the fork
4. Make changes in the new branch
5. Commit those changes and push them to GitHub

And then says: "[...] head on over to the repository on GitHub where your project lives [...] You'll see a banner indicating that your branch is one commit ahead of octocat:main. "

But that doesn't happen because the main branch hasn't changed, only the new branch. It seems to me that there's one step missing where the new branch is merged with the main branch.

I'm still new to Git and GitHub, so I could be totally wrong, of course. That's why I didn't want to open an issue.

Thanks.

[OS-Scratch]

Hi, did you try following the instructions on how to use the GitHub CLI? https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/contributing-to-a-project#cloning-a-fork-to-your-computer. There, its explains how to add a commit and fork locally. Hope this helps.

[ironcito]

Hello. I followed the examples according to the "Web browser" tab, using GitHub on the web and Git on my computer.

The problem is after committing the changes locally. The next step is doing git push but, when I do that, I get an error that says:

fatal: The current branch ironcitos-branch has no upstream branch.
To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use

git push --set-upstream origin ironcitos-branch

To have this happen automatically for branches without a tracking
upstream, see 'push.autoSetupRemote' in 'git help config'.

When I type the command provided in the message, the changes are pushed to GitHub, and when I navigate to my repository, there's this banner:

Which doesn't match what the tutorial says. It wants to merge the new branch to the main branch within the fork, not with the original repository.

Maybe I have something configured wrong? Or something is missing in the tutorial.

Thanks!