Thanks for participating in Hacktoberfest!
You may be feeling overwhelmed and wondering where to get started, so let's start with the basics:
Sign up for Hacktoberfest using your GitHub account here: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ None of your PRs will count towards your total until you are registered, so make sure that you do that first.
If you're contributing to Microsoft repos, Microsoft is also offering a free t-shirt to all contributors, so make sure you also register with them.
Finding a project can be difficult. Check out this guide to finding a project here, and what you should read into before you start contributing: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/#finding-a-project-to-contribute-to.
Or, play this game by Twilio!: https://www.twilio.com/quest/mission/28
You're welcome to find an issue in this repo, and submit a Pull Request if you'd like to practice your git workflow, or just interacting with open source in a more low risk way.
There are also many major companies participating in Hacktoberfest, that have issues marked for first time contributors. You can find some of these below:
| Project | Language |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | Docs, Most Languages |
| Gastby | Docs, React, Node |
| Microsoft | Docs, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript |
| Twilio | Docs, Python, JavaScript |
One of the most challenging parts of contributing to open source is using git. Each project may have slightly different ways that they'd like a pull request submitted - for example, they may ask that you rebase your branch before merging, or base your branch against a specific existing branch. Make sure to read the project's contributing guidelines before starting your work.
If you'd like a basic git refresher, go here: https://try.github.io/
- Check out this post by Stephanie Morillo, who provides some great tips and practical advice on how to make Hacktoberfest amazing for contributors and maintainers alike.
- Suz Hinton's Twitch livestream on contributing to Microsoft's open source repos.
If you do not have Gatsby Cli installed yet, do it first.
npm install --global gatsby-cli
More information on GatsbyJS.org
Fork this repo, and clone it to your desktop using HTTPS:
git clone https://github.com/[YOUR USERNAME]/hacktoberfest2018.git
Once the site is cloned down, enter the directory and open it in the code editor of your choice (we recommend using VS Code). Run npm i.
Once done, run:
gatsby develop
to see a working dev version of the website and start editing!