alisolanki/welcome-to-open-source

Welcome-to-Open-Source is a practice repository for people who want to make their first contribution to a project on GitHub. Open source contribution means submitting a change to someone else's public code or files, and doing so for the first time can feel unfamiliar. This repository gives beginners a low-stakes place to go through the process: fork the repository, add your own name and details to a contributor list, then submit a pull request asking the owner to accept your change. The actual content of the repository is almost entirely a growing table of contributor profiles, each showing a person's photo, name, and a link to their GitHub account. There is no software to install or run. The contribution itself is the product: the goal is to practice the mechanics of forking, editing, and submitting a pull request on GitHub. The repository is associated with Ali Solanki, a YouTuber, and is tagged as beginner-friendly and Hacktoberfest-eligible. Hacktoberfest is an annual event where people are encouraged to submit pull requests to open-source projects during October. The README notes that a newer version of the contributors wall lives at a separate repository (alisolanki/OpenSource-Github-Wall) and that new pull requests should go there instead. One notable condition stated in the README is that for a pull request to be accepted, contributors are asked to post about the repository on LinkedIn and Twitter, tagging the owner. This is an unusual requirement compared to most open-source projects, where contributions are accepted based on the quality of the change itself. The full README is longer than what was shown.