Call for co-maintainers

[extrawurst]

I want to scale work on GitUI better. Over the years I have been a driver of this project but also a single point of contention. This can be improved.

Calling for co-maintainers is open to everyone who contributed before but also to everyone willing to join.

The three levels/ranks of roles

1. become a contributor, there is plenty of simple topics to jump on marked as good-first-issue, join the gitui channel on discord
2. become a reviewer and join the internal discord channel
3. become a co-maintainer with merge rights

How to become a reviewer?

• have at least one PR contributed/merged
• have at least one PR of someone reviewed and coached to the point of mergability

Aside from that just ask me and show interest to gain this status. I will invite you to my discord and invite you to the project as reviewer.

How to become Co-Maintainer?

That one is less clear defined but basically means repeated contribution via code and/or reviews. But mostly requires good communication in between, dependability and continuity.

FAQ

Do I need to be great at Rust?

No I am sponsoring beginners work via Draft-PRs and feedback, reviews. Just show the dedication and I will help where I can.

I have not a lot of time but would like to help?

Thats alright, any help counts, see above: As long as communication is good and I know when and when not to depend on you we can make it work. We all have a life :)

I don't have time to code at all or to review code, can I still support?

Absolutely - spread the word!

• Post on the various channels that you use GitUI
• Share our release messaging
• Jump officially into the role of the GitUI release PR: Release Announcements Support #1728

Lets drive GitUI to 1.0 and beyond! ❤️

[adamconkey]

I've started using GitUI recently and love it! I'd like to try to help out if possible, I'll poke around in the starter issues and see if there's something I might be able to help with.