Notes on Contributing: Issues and Pull Requests

[birm]

Hi! I thought I'd quickly share a bit about how caMicroscope usually uses issues and Pull Requests (PRs)!
We don't usually assign issues without a very compelling reason (e.g. update the demo server may be assigned to me, since most people don't have access). So this means that issues are pretty much open to a good PR.

Of course, this may mean that an issue may have multiple PRs addressing it. Sometimes, we can merge multiple of these with little/no problem. Sometimes we may ask a PR author to fix a merge conflict before adding it.

If you want to work on a PR in public but aren't finished, you can mark it as WIP either by setting it as a draft in github, or if you can't figure out how to do that, just mark it as WIP somehow clearly. Be sure to unmark it as wip/draft when finished!

[gbengaoluwadahunsi]

noted @birm

[We13b-MD]

Ok @birm

[barchakuz]

acknowledged @birm

[LeonardAzah]

clear @birm

[nwanduka]

Noted. Thanks for the information

[Kingjhenny]

Noted @birm

[Arnav2824]

Does that mean that I will have to generate my own issue and you will go through it and approve it first and then I will be able to generate a pull request on it or can I generate a pull request on any of the issues that have already been raised?
Sorry, I am just a bit unclear about the things and want to make sure I am going in the right direction.

[birm]

You shouldn't have to generate your own issue, just make sure we can understand what a PR is trying to do.
We're a little behind on PR review right now, however. Hoping to work on catching up soon.

[Lahitan]

noted @birm