This is most likely a bot "warming up" by contributing to some well-known (high-reputation) repository. Merging those will allow them to build a reputation for things like "sell stars for github repos".
- https://the-guild.dev/blog/judging-open-source-by-github-stars - https://dagster.io/blog/fake-stars Straight up "don't merge", ask the person to not send in PRs like this (there are sometimes newbies but most likely it is a bot), if they keep doing it, report them to GH, they actually take a dim view on this. This is the equivalent of "me too spam" in the end times of the usenet. -h On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 6:05 AM Elliotte Rusty Harold <elh...@ibiblio.org> wrote: > Lately I've noticed a few random PRs from first time contributors that > use some automated refactoring tool on our code for no obvious reason. > Here's an example: > > https://github.com/apache/maven-assembly-plugin/pull/131 > > These refactorings don't seem helpful and don't IMO improve the code in > any way. > > I'm not sure what's going on here. Perhaps Maven is getting used as an > example in a training course or class somewhere. Perhaps someone is > evaluated on the number of Github PRs they create or get merged. > > I'm inclined to close these without further comment. Thoughts? > > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold > elh...@ibiblio.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
