[PR #15799] Add walkthroughs to CONTRIBUTING.md #30734

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claunia · 2026-01-31T09:42:39Z

claunia commented

2026-01-31 09:42:39 +00:00

Original Pull Request: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/15799

State: closed
Merged: Yes

Change the "good first issues" text to talk about walkthroughs instead.

**Original Pull Request:** https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/15799 **State:** closed **Merged:** Yes --- Change the "good first issues" text to talk about walkthroughs instead.

claunia added the pull-request label 2026-01-31 09:42:39 +00:00

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dev/migrie/b/2011-reordered-fallthrough-strings

dev/migrie/b/411-init-tab-stops

dev/migrie/b/json-patching-is-hard

dev/migrie/b/2455-try-getting-tests-working

dev/migrie/b/1223-change-256-table

dev/migrie/f/2171-openterm.cmd

dev/migrie/f/drag-panes

dev/migrie/f/2046-command-palette

release-0.3

dev/miniksa/manager

dev/migrie/f/non-terminal-panes

dev/migrie/f/passthrough-2019

dev/miniksa/shared_pch

dev/migrie/f/1897-less-duplicated-work

release-0.2

dev/cazamor/mcs/viewport-selection

dev/duhowett/version_hack

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