A practical guide to creating and organizing GitHub issues when you've never done it before.
This repository contains a blog post documenting my first experience creating GitHub issues - from setup to batch creation to tracking progress.
- Complete walkthrough of creating your first GitHub issues
- Label and milestone setup guide
- The "Create more" checkbox trick for batch creation
- Common mistakes and how to avoid them
- Issue workflow from creation to closure
👉 GitHub Issues for First-Timers (I Just Learned This)
I created my first GitHub issues this week. Had 4 security fixes to track. Someone said "use GitHub issues."
I stared at the "New issue" button for a while.
This guide is what I wish I had - practical, jargon-free, with the mistakes included.
- Setting up labels (priority + categories)
- Creating milestones for grouping work
- Writing clear issue titles and descriptions
- Batch creating multiple issues efficiently
- Linking issues to commits
- Tracking progress and closing issues
- First-time GitHub users
- Developers organizing their first project
- Anyone who's confused by labels, milestones, and assignees
- Teams teaching GitHub to new members
MIT License - Use this however you want.
Part of my "Building in Public" series where I document what I'm learning as I build DeadWax.