Hashi-tributor 101: How to Contribute
Terraform sits at over 1300 open issues, and as a newly hired apprentice engineer at HashiCorp, it was Tracy Holmes' job to help tackle some of these. From finding the right issues, understanding labe …
| Talk Title | Hashi-tributor 101: How to Contribute |
| Speakers | Tracy P Holmes (Software Engineer, HashiCorp) |
| Conference | Open Source Summit + ELC North America |
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| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Date | Aug 19-23, 2019 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Terraform sits at over 1300 open issues, and as a newly hired apprentice engineer at HashiCorp, it was Tracy Holmes' job to help tackle some of these. From finding the right issues, understanding labels, community guidelines, to making her first pull request, Tracy roughed through the trenches to understand how to do this so you don’t have too. Join her in discussing the process of contributing so you’ll be on your way to making your first PR! This talk will look at what it’s like jumping headfirst into an open source project like Terraform, effective techniques for interacting with the community, how to determine what issues to work on, contributing guides, and managing notifications.
