Lars Schneider wrote: > Many open source projects use github.com for their contribution process. > Although we mirror the Git core repository to github.com [1] we do not > use any other github.com service. This is unknown/unexpected to a > number of (potential) contributors and consequently they create Pull > Requests against our mirror with their contributions. These Pull > Requests become stale. This is frustrating to them as they think we > ignore them and it is also unsatisfactory for us as we miss potential > code improvements and/or new contributors. > > GitHub contribution guidelines and a GitHub Pull Request template that > is visible to every Pull Request creator can be configured with special > files in a Git repository [2]. Let's make use of this! > > [1] https://github.com/git/git > [2] https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository/ > > Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 7 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 .github/CONTRIBUTING.md > create mode 100644 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks.