murtuza_surti’s avatarmurtuza_surti’s Twitter Archive—№ 425

          1. Amazing session by eddiejaoude, kunalstwt, nhcarrigan and CahlLagerfeld! Here are some key points from this video on Open Source and #hacktoberfest. A thread
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          1. How can people find good issues to contribute? -> Go to github.com/topics/hacktoberfest and find repositories which are actively participating in #hacktoberfest as per your area of interest. You can also filter repositories as per the programming language!
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        If you can't find repositories by searching on GitHub, then you can contact the community in which you are interested in contributing. Join communities like EddieHub where you can find repositories to contribute! github.com/EddieHubCommunity
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      2. How to stay away from conflicts? To be on the safe side, don't commit to the master or main branch of your forked project. Always create a new branch!
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    Make a pull request containing only one change, but that change should be perfect! However, you can't avoid merge conflicts in some cases!
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      3. How to find open source organizations? Go to Google Summer of Code's website, where you can filter organizations based on the programming language or the area of interest!
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        4. How to make a good Pull Request? - Try to include small changes in a Pull Request. - Check if there are some existing issues. - Add some value to the project even if it is just fixing a bug!