Random Issue Picker

The random issue picker, can be used to pick surprisingly random issues in your preferred langauge.

Requirements:

• Composer
• PHP 7.3+

How to use it

$ git clone https://github.com/icanhazstring/random-issue-picker.git
$ cd random-issue-picker
$ composer install
$ bin/rip random:issue

As a preparation for the Hacktoberfest 2020 we have added some features to support topic, language and label as input parameter, so now you can use

$ bin/rip random:issue -l php -t hacktoberfest -t php --label good-first-issue

As a preparation for the Hacktoberfest 2021 we have added support for Gitlab. To search for Gitlab projects the input parameter --source (-s) was added. GitLab requires a Personal Access Token. If you want to use Gitlab as Provider you need to add your PAT into the .env File.

# .env
# GITLAB_PAT=<gitlab personal access token>
$ bin/rip random:issue -s gitlab

Default values:

Parameter	Default Value	Example
--language, -l	php	-l javascript
--topic, -t	hacktoberfest	-t tool -t hacktoberfest
--label		--label good-first-issue
--source, -s	github	-s github

Note:

As in the first step a random repository will be searched that matches the given language and topics and in the second step a random issue will be selected from this repository, it is more likely to not find an issue, if the --label parameter is used.

Watch me create this tool

YouTube : Making The Tool

How to contribute

$ git clone https://github.com/icanhazstring/random-issue-picker.git

The minimum requirement, as mentioned above, is PHP 7.3. You either have it installed locally, or you can run the tool and every check using docker. There is Makefile present to support your work.

You can run make up to build the image and run the container.

For more available commands refer to the Makefile

After you have done this, you can install the dependencies using make composer install. When you've made your changes, create a pull request and you are ready to go.

Have fun contributing 👍