👯 Pair Extraordinaire

Goal: Have a co-authored commit land in a merged pull request.

✅ What counts

• A commit with a Co-authored-by: trailer, included in a merged PR.
• The co-author must be a real GitHub account (matched by email).

🪜 Step-by-step

1. Find the co-author’s GitHub email. Two safe options:
   • Their noreply email: ID+username@users.noreply.github.com (find the numeric ID at https://api.github.com/users/<username>), or
   • Any verified email on their account.
2. Make a commit with the co-author trailer. 👇 The blank line before Co-authored-by is required:

   git commit -m "feat: add feature
   
   Co-authored-by: NAME <ID+username@users.noreply.github.com>"
   

3. Push the branch, open a Pull Request, and merge it. 🔀✅

4. GitHub shows both avatars on the commit — badge unlocked! 🎉

💡 Tips

• Add multiple Co-authored-by: lines to credit more people (each on its own line).
• Pair with a friend for real — genuinely the nicest way to earn this.

⏳ When it appears

Minutes to a couple of hours after the merge.