adding first lines
you clone from upstream with 
git clone git://github.com/lyase/basecontribution.git
 the repository is public you can push back to it 
http://help.github.com/forking/
or set a remote repo
git remote add github git@github.com:lyase/basecontribution.git
you might need to create your account in git hub and register your ssh keys
then pull & push with
git push github master
git pull github
you can generate documentation of the code with 
$ doxygen doxy.cfg
running the tests with 
python test/tesPass.py
just a step on master that should be pushed a second edit to be pushed
one more step as it looks to be working and stay private