🦈 Pull Shark

Goal: Get your pull requests merged. This is the easiest badge to grow over time.

✅ What counts

• Any merged pull request — including PRs on your own repositories.
• Private repos count too (if you share private contributions).

🪜 Step-by-step (self-merge method)

1. Create a repo (or use an existing one). 📦

   # locally
   git init pull-shark-demo
   cd pull-shark-demo
   echo "# Pull Shark Demo" > README.md
   git add . && git commit -m "chore: initial commit"
   git branch -M main
   git remote add origin https://github.com/<you>/pull-shark-demo.git
   git push -u origin main
   

2. Create a branch and make a change. 🌿

   git checkout -b update-readme
   echo "Learning about Pull Shark 🦈" >> README.md
   git commit -am "docs: update readme"
   git push -u origin update-readme
   

3. Open a Pull Request 🔀
   • GitHub shows a “Compare & pull request” button → click it → Create pull request.
4. Merge it ✅
   • Click Merge pull request → Confirm merge.
5. 🔁 Repeat once more — 2 merged PRs unlocks the badge.

💡 Tips

• Prefer real contributions? Fix typos in open-source docs — maintainers love easy, correct PRs.
• Each merged PR moves you toward Bronze (16), Silver (128), Gold (1024).

⏳ When it appears

Within minutes to a couple of hours after your 2nd merge.