GitHub Hacktoberfest 2016

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DigitalOcean and Github sponsored event. Sign up, submit four pull requests, and they'll send you a shirt. Ends Oct 31. Also has a spot for repo owners to advertise collaboration ready issues.

It's not clear. 4 pull requests on any project? Or does it have to be to close an issue with the 'hacktoberfest' label?

Any project on GitHub. The labels are just too make it easier to find stuff to do.

Thanks - I was confused by this too.

Also, do you just need to open the PRs, or do they have to be merged before Oct. 31?

Also also, what's to stop me from making an empty project and opening 4 pull requests against it just to get the t-shirt?

Nothing. It's based on the honor system.

Note that pull requests are counted from October, 1 to October, 31.

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