{"thread":{"id":"52736","subject":"Need help to start contributing","startedAt":"2020-02-02T12:27:09Z","lastAt":"2020-02-05T03:29:40Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Manav Agarwal","Konstantin Khomoutov","Matheus Tavares Bernardino","Shourya Shukla"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"391004","messageId":"CACbxD0AG_eX4kH3SyY7FWZLcd4FymuOQ6Kii0czHFJ8SPyEdcw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"52736","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Need help to start contributing","fromName":"Manav Agarwal","fromEmail":"dpsman13016@gmail.com","sentAt":"2020-02-02T12:26:55Z","receivedAt":"2020-02-02T12:27:09Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"dpsman13016@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hey there! I am a shell script and Linux kernel programmer and looking\nforward to making contributions to Git. May you please help me out\nwith some getting started links. I would be very thankful to you if\nyou could help me out with that.\n\n-- \nRegards\nManav Agarwal\n"},{"id":"391005","messageId":"20200202141240.juzwhpdcjrsduiqy@carbon","threadId":"52736","inReplyTo":"CACbxD0AG_eX4kH3SyY7FWZLcd4FymuOQ6Kii0czHFJ8SPyEdcw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Need help to start contributing","fromName":"Konstantin Khomoutov","fromEmail":"kostix@bswap.ru","sentAt":"2020-02-02T14:12:40Z","receivedAt":"2020-02-02T14:12:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kostix@bswap.ru","avatar":null},"body":"On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 05:56:55PM +0530, Manav Agarwal wrote:\n\n> Hey there! I am a shell script and Linux kernel programmer and looking\n> forward to making contributions to Git. May you please help me out\n> with some getting started links. I would be very thankful to you if\n> you could help me out with that.\n\nThis recent thread on the git-users mailing list [1] should have you\ncovered on this topic.\n\nTo maybe add to what's written there, I'd also suggest looking under the\n\"Documentation\" directory of your local Git clone [2] - as it contains\nall the relevant material.\n\n1. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/git-users/89WqodvcEUE/discussion\n2. https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation\n\n"},{"id":"391017","messageId":"CAHd-oW5DSOUQXN-d8CEhRL4RS=s_WAzXEF_fSVvh9JdRZCEX6w@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"52736","inReplyTo":"CACbxD0AG_eX4kH3SyY7FWZLcd4FymuOQ6Kii0czHFJ8SPyEdcw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Need help to start contributing","fromName":"Matheus Tavares Bernardino","fromEmail":"matheus.bernardino@usp.br","sentAt":"2020-02-03T00:11:56Z","receivedAt":"2020-02-03T00:12:10Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"matheus.tavb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12701583?v=4"},"body":"Hi, Manav. Welcome!\n\nOn Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 9:27 AM Manav Agarwal <dpsman13016@gmail.com> wrote:\n>\n> Hey there! I am a shell script and Linux kernel programmer and looking\n> forward to making contributions to Git. May you please help me out\n> with some getting started links. I would be very thankful to you if\n> you could help me out with that.\n\nYou might want to start with the MyFirstContribution[1] and\nSubmittingPatches[2] doc files (they are also available at the\n'Documentation/' dir of the Git repository).\n\nAlso, I wrote a \"first steps\" guide, which is available at [3]. I hope\nyou may find it helpful :)\n\n[1]: https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution\n[2]: https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches\n[3]: https://matheustavares.gitlab.io/posts/first-steps-contributing-to-git\n"},{"id":"391157","messageId":"20200205032925.5272-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com","threadId":"52736","inReplyTo":"CACbxD0AG_eX4kH3SyY7FWZLcd4FymuOQ6Kii0czHFJ8SPyEdcw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Need help to start contributing","fromName":"Shourya Shukla","fromEmail":"shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com","sentAt":"2020-02-05T03:29:25Z","receivedAt":"2020-02-05T03:29:40Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43680618?v=4"},"body":"Hey Manav,\n\nI am a new contributer to Git as well. In addition to what Konstantin\nand Matheus said, I would like to add on that you can try improving some\ntest files[1]. They are relatively easier to change and will give you a\ngood idea of shell scripts as well. This is what I did as my first\ncontribution[2]. Also, I think you know by now that we contribute via Patches\nby providing our \"diffs\" (wrt the initial code we changed) and mail it here\nto be reviewed by the maintainers and experienced personnel. I request you\nnot to make any PRs as it won't bear any fruit.\n\nIf you need any help, you can contact anyone here. We are a friendly community :)\n\nRegards,\nShourya Shukla\n\n[1]: https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/t\n[2]: https://github.com/git/git/commit/c513a958b69090c02ad422b0cd4622009bb4b9f5\n\n"}]}