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Welcome to the Newcomers Guide!
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This is a step-based guide that will help you get your first contribution
at coala!
To become part of the coala developers team, there's a few steps you need
to complete. The newcomer process is as it follows:

There's a few things a contributor needs in order to be considered a full-norm
coalaian:
You will start as a newcomer, which is kind of a trial. If you complete the
following tasks, you will become a developer at coala:

- merge a ``difficulty/newcomer`` Pull Request
- review other Pull Requests
- review at least a ``difficulty/newcomer`` Pull Request
- merge a ``difficulty/low`` Pull Request
- review at least a``difficulty/low`` or higher Pull Request

Once you have achieved all these, just ask for being promoted on the chat and
provide links to your reviews and merged Pull Requests. Then, you will be able
to name yourself a coala developer!

.. note::

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with a ``newcomer`` issue, end with a ``low`` issue, and review other PRs in
the meantime!

This is a step-based guide that will help you get your first contribution
at coala, making you familiar with the work flow!

For more information about Pull Requests, keep reading!

Step 1. Meet the Community!
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Let us know on gitter that you are interested in contributing and ask for an
invitation to our org. This is your first step towards contributing.
A maintainer will command ``cobot`` (our gitter bot) to invite
you and be part of the Newcomer team.
The invitation will be sent by mail and you will have to accept
it to join. If you don't find the invitation, accept it `here <https://github.com/coala>`_.

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