GH-900 · Question #105
What are achievements on a GitHub user profile?
The correct answer is C. special recognition for significant contributions and milestones. GitHub achievements are special recognition badges awarded to users for reaching significant contribution milestones, such as opening their first pull request, having a pull request merged, participating in Hacktoberfest, or contributing to a project that launches a GitHub…
Question
What are achievements on a GitHub user profile?
Options
- Atotal number of repositories owned
- Bnumber of stars received on repositories
- Cspecial recognition for significant contributions and milestones
- Dvirtual trophies awarded for completing coding challenges
How the community answered
(62 responses)- A2% (1)
- B3% (2)
- C89% (55)
- D6% (4)
Explanation
GitHub achievements are special recognition badges awarded to users for reaching significant contribution milestones, such as opening their first pull request, having a pull request merged, participating in Hacktoberfest, or contributing to a project that launches a GitHub Satellite. Option A (total repositories) and Option B (stars received) are metrics shown on the profile but are not 'achievements'. Option D is incorrect because achievements are not awarded for completing coding challenges - they recognize real open-source contribution milestones on the GitHub platform.
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