This issue tracks the steps necessary to migrate the about package into the core atom/atom repository under the packages path:

Migration Checklist

NOTE: These steps should be taken in a clean branch off of master in your local clone of atom/atom. Only one package should be moved in a single pull request.

Phase 1 - Prepare repo for migration

• Merge or close existing pull requests on the atom/about repository

Some guidelines for merging vs closing PRs:

• Merge when the PR is small, useful, has no merge conflicts with master, and has passing tests
• Close when the changes are non-trivial, the PR has conflicts with master, or there are failing tests in CI

If you close a PR, let the user know that we are currently moving the repository over to atom/atom so they should feel free to reopen the pull request there once the package code has been migrated.

Phase 2 - Migrate the package code

• Clone the atom/about repo into the packages path of your local Atom repository and then delete its .git subfolder
• Edit Atom's package.json file to change the about entry in packageDependencies to reflect the local path of the package:

  "about": "file:./packages/about",
  

• Run a full Atom build using script/build and verify that there are no unexpected build errors
• Launch the Atom binary in the ./out folder and spot check for any obvious issues
• Open the Chrome Developer Tools console (Ctrl+Shift+I or Cmd+Option+I) and ensure that there are no errors written there. If there are, add them to this issue and investigate.
• Commit the migrated package code and any changes to Atom's package-lock.json files to your branch using this commit message:

  :arrow_right: Migrate core package 'about' into ./packages
  

Phase 3 - Make sure the package works and send a PR

• Run the full suite of Atom tests with script/test and verify that they pass locally
• If any tests fail, investigate and fix them then commit the fixes to your branch
• Create a PR against atom/atom to verify that CI passes
• Once CI is clean and the PR is approved, merge it

Phase 4 - Archive the about repo

• Move all existing issues from the about repo to atom/atom using github-issue-mover or a script
• Add a label titled packages/about to the migrated issues so that they can be found easily
• Update the original package repo's README.md to point contributors to the code's new home in atom/atom. You can use the following text:

  ### This package is now a part of the [core Atom repository](https://github.com/atom/atom/tree/master/packages/about), please direct all issues and pull requests there in the future!
  

• Archive the package repository by going to its Settings page, scroll down to the "Danger Zone" section and click "Archive this Repository"

Migration is now complete! 🎉