Hacktoberfest is an awesome month-long celebration of open-source, brought to you by DigitalOcean, GitHub, and other great sponsors! Itโs all about giving back to the community, contributing to projects you care about, and maybe even learning something new along the way. Whether you're an open-source pro or a first-timer, everyoneโs welcome to join! ๐
Why should you participate?
- Learn: Gain hands-on experience with version control, code reviews, and project management.
- Network: Meet other like-minded developers and grow your professional network.
- Swag: Complete 4 PRs and earn exclusive Holopin badges ๐ก๏ธ to show off your open-source contributions!
- Impact: Your contributions help make the open-source ecosystem better for everyone!
- Find an issue that is assigned to you, or ask the project maintainers to assign it if not.
- Fork the repository to your own GitHub.
- Clone it to your local machine:
git clone "https://github.com/wmt-mobile/Hacktoberfest-2024.git"
- Create a new branch for the issue you're working on:
git checkout -b issue/branch-name
- Resolve each question and create a separate folder for each one. Make sure to submit each question as a separate PR to ensure they are merged individually.
- After all your PRs have been merged, add yourself to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file using the format below:
Name: [YOUR NAME](Github Profile Link) Place: Your city About: Short Introduction Programming Language: Which programming languages do you know? Email: Your email
- Commit and push the CONTRIBUTORS.md changes:
git add . git commit -m "Added First Pull Request" git push origin issue/branch-name
- Head back to GitHub and submit a final PR to update the CONTRIBUTORS.md with your details.
- Now, just relax and wait for your final PR to be reviewed and merged. ๐
๐ก Pro Tip: You can contribute to as many projects as you want, but only PRs to repositories tagged hacktoberfest-accepted
or those that have the hacktoberfest
topic count towards the 4-Pull Request goal.
- How to create a pull request on GitHub
- Beginnerโs guide to contributing to open-source projects
- Git Cheat Sheet: How to use Git
- Hacktoberfest 2024 Git Cheat Sheet
- Share your contributions on social media with the hashtag #Hacktoberfest.
- Join the Hacktoberfest Slack or Discord communities to connect with other contributors.
- And donโt forget to give this repo a โญ!
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