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Activity 1: Your First Caption

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, html
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by opening the repository and locating the file created for the random octocat mentioned in the activity. Read the surrounding activity instructions, then use the GitHub editing flow to add a caption. Done means the caption is saved in the repository and the relevant activity is complete.

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Description

Using the API, I have just created a file with a random octocat for you to caption. In this activity, we will learn how to make changes to files in our GitHub repository.

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Dominant language
HTML
Stars
1
Forks
2
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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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