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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the GitHub Flow introduction and the linked “Understanding the GitHub flow” video. The issue does not name a file, test, or specific repository change; completion appears to mean following the contribution path, but the required final contribution is not defined.

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Description

Introduction to GitHub flow

Now that you're familiar with issues, let's use this issue to track your path to your first contribution.

People use different workflows to contribute to software projects, but the simplest and most effective way to contribute on GitHub is the GitHub flow.

📺 Video: Understanding the GitHub flow


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Dominant language
Ruby
Stars
0
Forks
0
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

We have not checked this project's setup files yet. Start from its README, and see our first-contribution guide for the general steps.

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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