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Chore: create an issue template or contributing guidelines

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Assessment

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

Research direction

Start by reviewing the shx issue intake and its relationship to shelljs, then determine whether an issue template or contributing guidelines best explains where reports belong. Done means users are directed to shelljs when appropriate while issues that belong to shx remain supported.

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Description

chore

We occasionally get issues filed at shx which are best directed at shelljs. It would be nice to have an issue template, or contributing guidelines, to instruct users to consider filing their issue at shelljs instead. Of course, some issues deserve to be directed here at shx.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
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Forks
51
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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