How to get the YOLO badge

[leozz37]

Any idea on how to unlock the YOLO badge? I tried merging a PR without reviewing it as the badge description says but didn't work.

EDIT (23/06/22): seems like Github have loosened the criteria, a lot of people it's getting just for opening a PR and merging it.

[mMarzeta]

I believe you need to set repo policy to always have approvals before merging. And then use admin "superpowers" to merge it anyway. This is how I've earned it.

[WixkedLuck]

Thanks for the help!

[anekemichael]

Thanks so much.. It worked for me

[SammyLeths]

done @csthenry

[b0bd3v]

@csthenry done
https://github.com/b0bd3v/kafka_vs_rabbitmq

[b0bd3v]

@csthenry done
https://github.com/b0bd3v/kafka_vs_rabbitmq

[Schweinepriester]

My understanding is that somebody needs to be assigned as a reviewer to the PR (top right on desktop) and the PR then be merged without that person (or anybody else) doing a review.

[leozz37]

Tried as well and didn't work 😔

[rickstaa]

I achieved this by merging a pull request, without a review, on a repository (i.e. anuraghazra/github-readme-stats#1605), of which I'm not the owner but merely a contributor.

I hope that helps you unfold the requirements for achieving this badge.

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[vaibhavx42]

done @csthenry

[Presstomsk]

Thank U

[ajmeese7]

I got the badge without doing any of the things mentioned above, I simply made commits on another branch to add a feature and merged the branch into main. You can see my actual PR here, as evidenced by the badge information on my user profile.

Accept if this helps, I'm looking forwards to getting the discussion award too 😄

[Sleggi]

Perhaps it really is some kind of random, or you had to take some steps before

[pingshunhuangalex]

Tried all the suggestions above, but still no luck. It's driving me crazy...

[rickstaa]

@pingshunhuangalex Did you try the steps in #6 (reply in thread)?

• Creating PR on a repository in which you are not the owner but a collaborator.
• Request review from the owner.
• Then, merge it without waiting for the review.

I got it by doing these steps. I think it makes sense with the name YOLO since it is against most generally accepted contribution guidelines, but in anuraghazra/github-readme-stats#1605 I did it anyway since the PR was minimal, and I was tired of waiting for a review. 😈

[pingshunhuangalex]

Got it now. Thanks @rickstaa

The key here is having someone as the reviewer. Without the reviewer, the PR won't go into the code review state which is actually displayed in the GitHub UI.

Thanks.

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[ghsable]

• Pull request ( Checks 0 )
• Merge Pull request ( Create merge commit )

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[coodyme]

Create a pull request and merge.

[Schweinepriester]

2022-06-23, EDIT:

1. Create a PR on your own repository
2. Merge it
3. Done!

Thanks to @Maxim-Mazurok & @supermavster for testing and @gabodmc for the actual steps I stole from below.

They seem to have loosened the criteria to not require a reviewer to be assigned anymore.

---

Alright, thanks to @ale-lit we have two more examples and I think the criteria.
Examples:

• Hello there! achievement-testarea#4 for @Schweinepriester
• edit routes ale-lit/book-shop-laravel#4 for @ale-lit

The only criteria seems to be to have someone else assigned as the reviewer (isn't possible to assign yourself anyway) and then merge without a review.

Additional information deduced from those PRs:

• it can be your own repo
• it can be only one line changed
• default commit message, default PR title and empty description is possible
• the achievement is awarded instantly
• I merged using the usual "Merge pull request" with default option "Create a merge commit" selected (not sure about the other options)
• For my PR: At the time of the merge, the reviewer was a collaborator of the repo (previously invited and accepted, so I could request a review)
• My repo had default settings and was created on 2022-06-10 (in case defaults change) - mentioning it because of the repo policy answer

I'm gonna mark this as the answer, at least for now.
If it doesn't work with those criteria, please link the PR if possible.

[rodrigogregorioneri]

@cxman1 done

[nchdatta]

Help me get achievements by donating stars that I'll return with star: https://github.com/nchdatta/personal-portfolio

[RatulHasan]

That is cool to know! Thank you! :)

[mizzcode]

how to show on above profile ?

[fgmn]

I star yours, here is mine: https://github.com/fgmn/my-sdu

[nshen]

I got my YOLO badge

1. Invite another account to your repo by Settings -> Collaborators -> Add people
2. Create a PR, and add a Reviewer by selecting the user you invited.
3. merge PR without review.

[faintout]

thanks

[rodrigogregorioneri]

help me get achievements by donating stars that i return with star:

https://github.com/rodrigogregorioneri/serverless_integration

[hctian713]

thankS!!!!

[adrianschubek]

thx

[nchdatta]

Help me get achievements by donating stars that I'll return with star: https://github.com/nchdatta/personal-portfolio

[lincolnvc]

You need to submit two pull requests for review and merge them later

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[Romic77]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/Romic77/go-blog

[gabodmc]

1. Create a PR on your own repository
2. Merge them
3. Done!

[ankushshinde755]

worked for me !!

[smir45]

yeah creating pull request on our own repository and merging them actually works

[GoHoo]

Dear god can someone make a quick video/image tutorial or something, because I cant get this for the life of me

[quartesa37]

Dear god can someone make a quick video/image tutorial or something, because I cant get this for the life of me

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[arijhajji-1]

hi @csthenry i can put 10 stars on your readme can u do the same for me?

[seryy366]

test

[Hauzenex]

i got it thanks es

[sourabmaity]

test

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[cristicretu]

Another thing you can do, without collaborators is to create a pull request template and then do the steps (create a pr -> merge it).

This is what I did on my repository and it worked, without me even knowing it 😅

[SunsetMkt]

I created a branch in my own repo and created a pull request to myself and merged it.

[quartesa37]

Any idea on how to unlock the YOLO badge? I tried merging a PR without reviewing it as the badge description says but didn't work.

EDIT (23/06/22): seems like Github have loosened the criteria, a lot of people it's getting just for opening a PR and merging it.

[csthenry]

Hi all,
for get starstruck need to reach 10 star. If u want u can put star on my readme repository, I will do the same for you.
https://github.com/csthenry/MagicLitePlanet

[ashishantonytsr]

Hi I am just testing
Mark my answer please

[newlomar]

For the ones reading this now, I would like to add a information that I did not see anyone mention before that made me struggle:

you have to add a reviewer, so you need to have a repository with more than one contributor.

[G-Redos]

Hi, testing.

[kensoz]

I created a branch in my own repo and created a pull request to myself and merged it.
but it's not work

[vaibhavx42]

Did you added another account as collaborator of not try this On your own repository go to settings add another account as collaborator Now on your own repository make a pr and add the another collaborator account as reviewer Then merge that pr from this account only without reviewing.

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[kensoz]

thanks bro. I will try it

[Fanor51]

This does not work if you got a github CI Linter or something else running.

[Kushal997-das]

Hello I got the answer and it's perfectly working -

STEP 1 : Choose a normal repo. of yours remember in that repo there shouldn't be any .github folder or any auto running things not present .

STEP 2 : Now go to that repository settings add another account as collaborator . (Settings->collaborator->Add people).

STEP 3 : You have to Create a Pull request (PR) on this repository.

STEP 4 : Add that collaborator account as reviewer.

STEP 5 : Then You have to merge your opned PR from Your account only not collaborator , Without reviewing the PR .

I hope it gonna help you guys , Thanks :)

[myfix16]

Jan. 14, 2023, it works. It seems that now a reviewer is required for this achievement.

[AnthonyNet]

Finally, thank you :-)

[kylekce]

It works! The only different thing is I added more than one collaborator. But it MIGHT still work with only one collaborator.

[hamzakhan663]

Works!

[m0-dev]

Hi, i'm testing.