ARC-CCMI Winter Open-source good-first-issue hackathon

@samcunliffe @mscroggs @dpshelio @paddyroddy @connoraird

2025-12-03

Thank you for coming!

The goal of this hackathon is to help new people make their first open-source contribution.
This could be:

• Fixing a bug. Adding a test.
• Improving documentation.
• Fixing broken links on a website.
• ...

A second goal is to work with someone you haven't worked with before!

Plan of action

Break up into small groups or pairs. Find something. Work on it.

Rough outline of the "how"...

Find a project and an issue you think you can fix. Looking for the can help. Then read their contributor guidelines.

If a project doesn't have contributor guidelines, a typical workflow is:

1. Fork the project's repository, clone (git clone) your fork onto your laptop.
2. Fix the issue.
3. Commit (git commit) your fix, push to your fork (git push).
4. Open a pull request.

Shout if you need help! There are at least 4 helpers around!

If you don't know what to work on

• Is there any software you actively use that you could contribute to?
• Browse ForGoodFirstIssue.
• We have some ideas:
  • The Carpentries: Markdown and HTML teaching material.
  • A big link to several UCL-related projects.
  • A testing issue, another testing issue

End

If you're comfortable, please add a comment to this issue with the URL(s) to any pull requests or issues you've created in this workshop!

Thanks for coming!