How to obtain the YOLO achievement on GitHub

  • 16th Mar 2025
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  • Last updated on 16th Mar 2025

This week, I set out to learn about GitHub’s YOLO achievement and how to obtain it. This achievement represents a bad practice that occurs when a user merges a pull request that has been assigned to another reviewer without giving the reviewer time to actually review it.

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I attempted to obtain this achievement by following these steps.

  1. I chose one of my repositories that I had also cloned on my local computer. In the repository Settings, I went to the Collaborators section and added a GitHub friend. I asked them to accept the invitation, which they did.

  2. I created an issue to define a task to resolve (this step is not necessary, but I did it). Next, I created a local branch, referencing the issue number in its name. I made two commits to resolve the issue.

  3. Finally, I pushed the new branch and clicked the button to create a pull request in GitHub’s interface. On the right side of the screen, I selected my GitHub friend as a reviewer. However, instead of waiting for their review, I immediately merged the pull request.

Getting the YOLO GitHub achievement

  • Add a collaborator to one of my repositories and wait for them to accept the invitation
  • Create a new branch with some commits to resolve a task
  • Create a pull request and assign the collaborator as a reviewer
  • Merge the pull request immediately without waiting for the collaborator's review