Contributor Success Team - Code Contributor User Journey
Code Contributor User Journey
Journey Map
%%{init: {"flowchart": { "useMaxWidth": false } }}%% flowchart TB start("New Contributor") subgraph id4["Contribute"] id4_heading("Ways to contribute") id4_box1("Contribute to Code") id4_box2("Non Code contribution") id4_heading --> id4_box1 id4_heading --> id4_box2 click id4_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/" end subgraph id5["Contribution Process"] subgraph id5_box1["Tutorial: Make a GitLab contribution"] end subgraph id5_sg0["Join Community Forks (optional/advised)"] end subgraph id5_sg1["Developer Environment"] end subgraph id5_sg2["Issue workflow"] end subgraph id5_sg3["MR workflow"] end direction TB id5_box1 --> id5_sg0 id5_sg0 --> id5_sg1 id5_sg1 --> id5_sg2 id5_sg2 --> id5_sg3 %% id5_sg3 --> id5_sg4 %% id5_sg4 --> id5_sg5 %% id5_sg5 --> id5_sg6 %% id5_sg6 --> id5_sg7 %% id5_sg7 --> id5_sg8 click id5_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/first_contribution.html" click id5_sg1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/#set-up-the-gitlab-development-kit" click id5_sg2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html" click id5_sg3 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/merge_request_workflow.html" click id5_sg0 "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-community/community-members" end subgraph id7["."] direction RL id7_box0["Developer Env"] id7_sg1["Local dev"] id7_sg2["Remote Dev"] id7_box1["Gitpod"] id7_box2["Web IDE"] id7_box3["GDK"] id7_box0 --> id7_sg1 id7_box0 --> id7_sg2 id7_sg2 --> id7_box1 id7_sg2 --> id7_box2 id7_sg1 --> id7_box3 click id7_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/gitpod.html" click id7_box2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/web_ide/" click id7_box3 "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/-/blob/main/README.md" end subgraph id8["Issue workflow"] direction RL subgraph id8_sg1["Finding an Issue"] end subgraph id8_sg2["Claiming the Issue"] end subgraph id8_sg3["Opening a Merge Request"] end subgraph id8_sg4["Working on an Issue"] end subgraph id8_sg5["Completing the implementation Plan"] end click id8_sg4 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html#working-on-the-issue" end subgraph id9["MR Workflow"] direction TB subgraph id9_sg1["Follow MR Guidelines"] end subgraph id9_sg2["Changelog Entries/Conventional Commits"] end subgraph id9_sg3["Create draft MR"] end subgraph id9_sg4["Pipeline Runs"] end subgraph id9_sg5["Triage Process"] end subgraph id9_sg6["@gitlab-bot ready"] end subgraph id9_sg7["Code Review Process"] end subgraph id9_sg8["Make changes"] end subgraph id9_sg9["Finally getting it merged"] end click id9_sg2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/changelog.html" id9_sg1 --> id9_sg2 id9_sg2 --> id9_sg3 id9_sg3 --> id9_sg4 id9_sg4 --> id9_sg5 id9_sg5 --> id9_sg6 id9_sg6 --> id9_sg7 id9_sg7 --> id9_sg8 id9_sg8 --> id9_sg7 id9_sg8 --> id9_sg9 end subgraph id1["Ask Questions"] id1_box1("Discord") %% id1_box2("FAQs") id1_box3("GitLab Forum") click id1_box1 "https://discord.gg/rxWqW5e8" %% click id1_box2 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/fe_guide/frontend_faq.html" click id1_box3 "https://forum.gitlab.com/" end subgraph id2["Engagements"] id2_box1("Co-working Days") id2_box2("Office hours") id2_box3("Community Pairing") id2_box4("Hackathons") click id2_box2 "https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/#community-office-hours" click id2_box3 "https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-pairing-sessions.html" click id2_box4 "https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/informal-communication/#coffee-chats" click id2_box5 "https://about.gitlab.com/community/hackathon/" end subgraph id3["Learn about GitLab"] id3_box1("Tutorials") id3_box2("GitLab Handbook") click id3_box1 "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/tutorials/" click id3_box2 "https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/" end %% Root level mappings start --> id1 start --> id2 start --> id3 start --> id4 %% Contribution Process %% Mappings %% Mapping Subgraph contribute to code with Contribution Process id4_box1 --> id5_box1 %% 3. Setting up local dev id5_sg1 --> id7 %% 4. Issue Workflow id5_sg2 --> id8 %% 5. MR WorkFlow id5_sg3 --> id9 %% 6. Triage Process
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