Consider allowing blank issues
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Description
I'm trying to extract new issues from comments on https://github.com/hexpm/bob/issues/289.
While the move to standardize issues with the org level template and help guide contributions to the correct place is great for casual contributors, the original experience filing https://github.com/hexpm/bob/issues/289 was that I knew I'm in the right repo, but further having to select "Product or component" made me wonder where the issue would end up. Sorry that's a different issue.
I noticed I cannot bypass the forms and create a blank issue. I didn't find discussion about this specific point, so maybe it was not a deliberate decision.
@ericmj would you be open to enabling blank issues? This is how it looks like (first screenshot in the link): https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/101943, and the docs https://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml at the linked line and compare its setting with GitHub's issue-template chooser documentation. Enable blank issue creation, then verify that the repository's issue chooser offers a blank issue alongside the existing forms.
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