GitLab Hackathon

Joining in

The Hackathon is a virtual event open to anyone who is interested in contributing code, documentation, translations, UX designs and more to GitLab. Prizes are awarded to participants for having Merge Requests (MRs) merged and there may also be special award categories at each Hackathon.

To get started:

1. Block the dates on your calendar!
2. Check out the Contribute page.
3. Pick an existing issue to work on, or file a new one. If it's your first time contributing, a good way to join the Hackathon is to pick and fix a bite size issue. You can also find issues for more experienced contributors.
4. If you have decided to work on an issue, it helps if you leave a comment. That way it's less likely for multiple people to be working on the same issue.
5. Join the tutorial sessions
6. Share the MRs you are working on, get help or help others. Join the party at the contributors channel.

Hackathon Prizes

We are excited to offer the following categories of prizes for this Hackathon:

All qualifying MRs must be submitted on November 13th & 14th in your local timezone and be merged by November 25 23:00 UTC.

Categories	Eligibility	Prizes	Description
Grand Prize	Individual(s) with the most MRs merged		$100 to spend at the GitLab store
Second Place	Individual(s) with the second most MRs merged		Music box with wireless ear buds and speaker
Merged MR	Everyone on with an MR merged		Tech organizer with a tablet strap

All qualifying MRs must be submitted on November 13th & 14th in your local timezone and be merged by November 25 23:00 UTC.

Tutorial sessions

Tutorial sessions during the Hackathon help you get kickstarted with contributing and to learn more about GitLab development. More sessions/speakers will be added as they are confirmed.

Date	Time in UTC (click for local time)	Topic	Session	Speakers
November 13	07:00 - 07:30	Hackathon Kickoff	Presentation	Ray Paik (@rpaik), Dave Planella (@dplanella)
November 13	15:00 - 15:30	Contributing to GitLab Geo	Presentation, Geo/Replication documentation	Fabian Zimmer (@fzimmer)
November 13	15:30 - 16:00	Contributing to GitLab Manage stage	Presentation	Gosia Ksionek (@mksionek), Jeremy Watson (@jeremy)
November 13	17:00 - 17:30	Contributing to Meltano	Presentation	Yannis Roussos (@iroussos)
November 13	18:00 - 18:30	Becoming a GitLab Hero		Emily Chin (@echin), John Coghlan (@johncoghlan)
November 14	23:00 - 23:30	Hackathon wrap-up	Presentation	Ray Paik (@rpaik)

If you miss any of the sessions, you will find the recordings in the Hackathon Playlist.

Getting help

For communications during the Hackathon, we will use the GitLab Contributors room in Gitter. This is a channel for community-related discussions and for community members to help each other as people have questions when contributing to GitLab.

It's open to everyone, so please join us at the Contributors Gitter room!

Missed the last Hackathon?

If you missed the previous Hackathon, you still have an opportunity to contribute for a prize. You can start by searching for priority issues with the label Contribute for prize as you can see in this query. For the next few months, anyone who works on these issues and have an MR merged will receive the GitLab moleskin note book (photo below). If you're interested in working on these Contribute for prize items, you can mention @rpaik in the issue so that it can be assigned to you.

Past events

To learn more about previous Hackathon events, visit the past GitLab Hackathons page.