Hacktoberfest 2021

Oppia is excited to be joining the rest of the GitHub community in participating this year's Hacktoberfest. This is an event where contributors will receive a free t-shirt if they submit at least 4 valid pull requests to any GitHub-hosted repository between October 1-31 (in any time zone).

If you have any questions, feel free to send them to oppia-dev@.

Getting Started

Please follow these steps to get started:

• Sign up to know when registrations open for Hacktoberfest
• Setup what you need to contribute to Oppia
• Find a "good first issue" to work on (see here and here)
• Fix the issue by creating some changes and sending a pull request for review
• Go through the code review process until you receive approval and the PR gets merged
• To earn a t-shirt: repeat until you've submitted at least 4 pull requests

FAQ

Q: What is Hacktoberfest?

A: Hacktoberfest is an annual event across all of GitHub which is meant to encourage developers to contribute to open source projects.

Q: Must we only work on issues marked with the Hacktoberfest label?

A: Not necessarily! Any pull request will count toward your 4, even if you are fixing an issue that doesn't have the Hacktoberfest label. Issues with the Hacktoberfest label are just meant to provide some starter ideas for newcomers.

Q: Do pull requests need to have the Hacktoberfest label to count?

A: Nope! No information from GitHub, Digital Ocean, and Dev seems to indicate that this is necessary.

Q: Do I need to mention that I am participating in Hacktoberfest when I open my PR?

A: No, but if you mention in your PR description that you are participating in Hacktoberfest, we may be able to add the "hacktoberfest-accepted" label if your PR looks good but doesn't get the review process before the end of October.