Since Hercules now uses LGTM, If you fix code quality issues during the month of October, Semmle (the company behind LGTM) will donate $3 to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to protect endangered species for every point you obtain. You can also win nice prizes, such as a free ticket to GitHub Universe 2018 (including travel and accommodation), a Holy Stone HS160 Shadow FPV camera drone, or a Raspberry PI 3 B+ Starter Kit development board.
Points will only be awarded for fixes that reach the main branch of a project’s repository (i.e. for Pull Requests that are merged), and will be awarded as follows:
1 point per recommendation, 3 points per warning, and 5 points per error fixed.
Since Hercules has automatic code review enabled, then points awarded for fixes will be 3x the normal amount.
This means 3 points, 9 points, and 15 points.
So for example, if a participant fixes 3 errors, they will be awarded 45 points ((3 * 5) * 3), and Semmle will donate $135 to WWF.
>>>> Register on https://competitions.lgtm.com/ghu-2018