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Call for co-maintainers

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#2,084 opened on Feb 21, 2024

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Description

I want to scale work on GitUI better. Over the years I have been a driver of this project but also a single point of contention. This can be improved.

Calling for co-maintainers is open to everyone who contributed before but also to everyone willing to join.

The three levels/ranks of roles

  1. become a contributor, there is plenty of simple topics to jump on marked as good-first-issue, join the gitui channel on discord
  2. become a reviewer and join the internal discord channel
  3. become a co-maintainer with merge rights

How to become a reviewer?

  • have at least one PR contributed/merged
  • have at least one PR of someone reviewed and coached to the point of mergability

Aside from that just ask me and show interest to gain this status. I will invite you to my discord and invite you to the project as reviewer.

How to become Co-Maintainer?

That one is less clear defined but basically means repeated contribution via code and/or reviews. But mostly requires good communication in between, dependability and continuity.

FAQ

Do I need to be great at Rust?

No I am sponsoring beginners work via Draft-PRs and feedback, reviews. Just show the dedication and I will help where I can.

I have not a lot of time but would like to help?

Thats alright, any help counts, see above: As long as communication is good and I know when and when not to depend on you we can make it work. We all have a life :)

I don't have time to code at all or to review code, can I still support?

Absolutely - spread the word!

  • Post on the various channels that you use GitUI
  • Share our release messaging
  • Jump officially into the role of the GitUI release PR: #1728

Lets drive GitUI to 1.0 and beyond! ❤️

Contributor guide

Tech stack
None
Domain
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Issue type
chore
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
None
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
This issue is a call for co maintainers, not a code contribution. Interested contributors should start by solving good first issues, then engage in reviews. For details, see the issue body and the linked good first issue list.
Call for co-maintainers · gitui-org/gitui#2084 | Good First Issue