What counts as a contribution
Contributions are only counted if they meet certain criteria. In some cases, we may need to rebuild your graph in order for contributions to appear.
On your profile page, the following actions always count as contributions:
- Creating a new repository
- Forking an existing repository
The following actions sometimes count as contributions:
- Opening an issue
- Proposing a pull request
- Submitting a pull request review
- Opening a discussion
- Answering a discussion
- Making a commit
For more information, see Contribution criteria for issues, pull requests and discussions and Contribution criteria for commits.
Contribution criteria for issues, pull requests and discussions
Issues, pull requests, and discussions will appear on your contribution graph if they were opened in a standalone repository, not a fork.
Additionally, GitHub limits the number of these items when displaying the contribution graph. If you've reached the limit, the contribution graph may not display all of your contributions.
Contribution criteria for commits
Commits will appear on your contributions graph if they meet all of the following conditions:
- The email address used to make the commits is associated with your account on GitHub.
- The commits were made in a standalone repository, not a fork.
- The commits were made in one of two branches:
- The repository's default branch
- The
gh-pagesbranch (for repositories with project sites). For more information on project sites, see What is GitHub Pages?
In addition, at least one of the following must be true:
- You are a collaborator on the repository or are a member of the organization that owns the repository.
- You have forked the repository.
- You have opened a pull request or issue in the repository.
Who receives contribution credit
When rebasing commits, the original authors of the commit and the person who rebased the commits, whether on the command line or on GitHub.com, receive contribution credit.
If you merged multiple personal accounts, issues, pull requests, and discussions will not be attributed to the new account and will not appear on your contribution graph.
How contribution event times are calculated
Timestamps are calculated differently for commits and pull requests:
- Commits use the time zone information in the commit timestamp. For more information, see Problembehandlung für Commits in deiner Zeitleiste.
- Pull requests and issues opened on GitHub use your browser's time zone. Those opened via the API use the timestamp or time zone specified in the API call.