From aefc50950dfd9e9b2aef88fd8c4941831863427c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tianyi Zheng Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 04:57:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note in CONTRIBUTING.md about not asking to be assigned to issues Add a paragraph to CONTRIBUTING.md explicitly asking contributors to not ask to be assigned to issues --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 618cca868..d61c7297f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ We appreciate any contribution, from fixing a grammar mistake in a comment to im Your contribution will be tested by our [automated testing on GitHub Actions](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/actions) to save time and mental energy. After you have submitted your pull request, you should see the GitHub Actions tests start to run at the bottom of your submission page. If those tests fail, then click on the ___details___ button try to read through the GitHub Actions output to understand the failure. If you do not understand, please leave a comment on your submission page and a community member will try to help. +If you are interested in resolving an [open issue](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/issues), simply make a pull request with the fix. __You do not need to ask for permission to work on the issue, as we do not assign issues in this repo.__ + Please help us keep our issue list small by adding `Fixes #{$ISSUE_NUMBER}` to the description of pull requests that resolve open issues. For example, if your pull request fixes issue #10, then please add the following to its description: ```