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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 446eb1189ad..7f5da063fd4 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ The channels people will reach out on can be found on the [getting help page](ht Sign up for the mailinglist, answer GitLab questions on StackOverflow or respond in the IRC channel. You can also sign up on [CodeTriage](http://www.codetriage.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq) to help with one issue every day. +## I want to contribute! + +If you want to contribute to GitLab, but are not sure where to start, +look for [issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?milestone_id=&scope=all&sort=created_desc&state=opened&utf8=%E2%9C%93&assignee_id=&author_id=&milestone_title=&label_name=up-for-grabs) +with the label `up-for-grabs`. +These issues will be of reasonable size and challenge, for anyone to start +contributing to GitLab. + +This was inspired by [an article by Kent C. Dodds](https://medium.com/@kentcdodds/first-timers-only-78281ea47455#.i2f363mx4). + ## Issue tracker To get support for your particular problem please use the [getting help channels](https://about.gitlab.com/getting-help/). diff --git a/PROCESS.md b/PROCESS.md index 482ad5fe9e1..72fc3481447 100644 --- a/PROCESS.md +++ b/PROCESS.md @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Workflow labels are purposely not very detailed since that would be hard to keep - *UX* needs needs help from a UX designer - *Frontend* needs help from a Front-end engineer - *Graphics* needs help from a Graphics designer +- *up-for-grabs* is an issue suitable for first-time contributors, of reasonable difficulty and size. Not exclusive with other labels. Example workflow: when a UX designer provided a design but it needs frontend work they remove the UX label and add the frontend label. |