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egghead.io (videos) How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Watch the linked egghead.io course, then compare its guidance with this repository's current contribution process. Document which recommendations apply and where the process needs clarification; completion requires a recorded comparison or updated contribution guidance, but the issue names no target file or test.

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Description

help wanted

We need to watch these videos:
https://egghead.io/courses/how-to-contribute-to-an-open-source-project-on-github
and figure out how much is applicable to our process...

Dominant language
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Stars
92
Forks
9
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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