Analyzing First Contributions on GitHub: What Do Newcomers Do?

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Vikram N. Subramanian, Ifraz Rehman, Meiyappan Nagappan, Raula Gaikovina Kula

Published: 2022, Last Modified: 05 Aug 2025IEEE Softw. 2022EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Understanding first-time contributions to open source software (OSS) is a vital step in ensuring more first-timers join OSS which, in turn, is vital for the health and popularity of that project.