@mario20 contributor onboarding

🌟 Welcome to your GitLab contribution journey! 🌟

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🎉 Welcome to the GitLab Community! 🎊

Hey @mario20! We're thrilled to have you join our amazing community of contributors! 🤝

This issue will guide you through your journey to becoming a GitLab contributor. Our experienced maintainers (@gitlab-community/maintainers/onboarding-maintainers) will review your request and help you get started.

🚀 Your contribution adventure

Welcome to your GitLab contribution quest! You've already taken the first step - now let's explore what's next on your path to becoming a contributor!

🎬 First steps

• Start onboarding.
  • Our maintainers will reach out if they need more info to approve your request.
  • Watch for the access-requestapproved label once your request has been approved.
• Say hello in the community Discord #contribute channel. 👋
  • Add your Discord ID to your GitLab profile and earn points for your posts and replies!
• Join our next GitLab Hackathon. 🎪
• Experience the power of GitLab Duo - our AI suite including Code Suggestions, Chat, and more! 🤖
  • You'll receive your GitLab Duo Enterprise license welcome email once your access is approved.

Translating GitLab

For managing the translation process, we use Crowdin. To contribute translations at translate.gitlab.com, you must create a Crowdin account. You may create a new account or use any of their supported sign-in services.

Ideally, use your GitLab username on Crowdin. If you are unable, complete this form so we can link your accounts.

Supporting others

There are many ways you can contribute to the GitLab community by supporting other members:

• Answer questions in Discord.
• Answer questions on the Forum.
• Label/close/validate issues.

📅 Content and events

If you are speaking about GitLab at an event, or have organized an event about GitLab, please submit details.

Similarly, if you have created any content (for example, blog posts, or video content), please submit details.

🛠️ Make your first code contribution

1. Find a First-time contributor issue. 🌱
2. Add a comment to the issue you would like to work on along with any thoughts or questions.
3. Pick your development environment.
4. Follow the implementation plan provided.
5. Create your merge request using a community fork.
6. Follow the review process to get your work merged!

🔄 Repeat for future contributions

⚙️ CI/CD Components

We recognise contributions to GitLab managed CI/CD components and non-GitLab managed components in our CI/CD catalog.

🤝 Need help?

• Reach out in the community Discord #contribute channel.
• Mention @gitlab-community/maintainers/onboarding-maintainers here.
• Join community office hours. 👥

🏆 Level up your impact

• Explore the GitLab Contributor Platform to track your impact. 📊
  • View your contribution metrics and achievements on your personal dashboard. 🏅
  • Track your progress on the global contributor rankings. 🏆
  • Showcase your organization's impact on the company leaderboard. 💫
  • Hint: update your profile, adding your company name under Organization.
• Add your personalized Contributor Stats Banner to your GitLab profile. 🎖️
• Help label and close some unlabelled issues.
  • Paste the issue URL into our issue management page.
  • Classify the type (feature, bug, or maintenance) and product group with help from GitLab Duo AI.
  • Close anything no longer relevant (solved, not reproducible, or a support request).
• Keep the momentum going:
  • Create your own issue. 💡