{"thread":{"id":"60333","subject":"[Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community","startedAt":"2023-10-09T18:32:13Z","lastAt":"2023-10-11T14:49:13Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Doreen Wanyama","Naomi Ibe"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"482891","messageId":"CANhBNnvUx=KG2RkkJEamr2KHerXoDrvW2qe5zKq_xiV1t9V92g@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"60333","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community","fromName":"Doreen Wanyama","fromEmail":"doreenwanyama20@gmail.com","sentAt":"2023-10-09T18:31:52Z","receivedAt":"2023-10-09T18:32:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"doreenwanyama20@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/ac1ca77d2f26c870ee410deefb602a4c23609b2ac7afe08ef101fcf9bf2336ac?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Dear Git community,\n\nI hope you are all doing well. I am writing to show my interest in\nworking in the project titled move existing tests to a unit testing\nframework. This is because I have always been intrigued by the work\nthe git community does and hence I am interested in being part of\nthis. I have gone through the links provided about getting started on\nthis. I spent yesterday evening and a better part of today trying to\nunderstand the resources. As of now I would like to start working on a\nmicroproject since I understand this is the first step. I am finding\nit difficult though to start. Someone to please help me understand how\nI should go about this or how I should go about finding my first\nmicroproject. Just a brief explanation will help.\nThank you in advance.\n\nBest regards,\n\nDoreen Wanyama\n"},{"id":"483036","messageId":"CACS=G2w+_o_85DBrv2vpR6Ym8R7XeijJDbaB1y8a5xkNztyoRA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"60333","inReplyTo":"CANhBNnvUx=KG2RkkJEamr2KHerXoDrvW2qe5zKq_xiV1t9V92g@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community","fromName":"Naomi Ibe","fromEmail":"naomi.ibeh69@gmail.com","sentAt":"2023-10-11T06:06:59Z","receivedAt":"2023-10-11T06:07:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"naomi.ibeh69@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104323769?v=4"},"body":"Good morning, I followed this link\nhttps://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22\nWe're not expected to pick something too tasking like working on heavy\ncode fixes, just pick a project you know you can round up and\ncontribute to. A project that doesn't involve plenty of major code\nmanipulations. For task submission, you'd need to learn how to\nnavigate \"git format-patch\" and \"git send-email\" commands(If you read\nup on these two and their applications and you should be fine), or how\nto use GitGitGadget pull requests to send code patches directly to\nthis mailing list (https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git)\n\nOn Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 7:32 PM Doreen Wanyama wrote:\n>\n> Dear Git community,\n>\n> I hope you are all doing well. I am writing to show my interest in\n> working in the project titled move existing tests to a unit testing\n> framework. This is because I have always been intrigued by the work\n> the git community does and hence I am interested in being part of\n> this. I have gone through the links provided about getting started on\n> this. I spent yesterday evening and a better part of today trying to\n> understand the resources. As of now I would like to start working on a\n> microproject since I understand this is the first step. I am finding\n> it difficult though to start. Someone to please help me understand how\n> I should go about this or how I should go about finding my first\n> microproject. Just a brief explanation will help.\n> Thank you in advance.\n>\n> Best regards,\n>\n> Doreen Wanyama\n"},{"id":"483047","messageId":"CANhBNnvn1LYGJ8c=GW1PUmKRNHvTjjib8TyuOamKryKKLjbeXA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"60333","inReplyTo":"CACS=G2w+_o_85DBrv2vpR6Ym8R7XeijJDbaB1y8a5xkNztyoRA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community","fromName":"Doreen Wanyama","fromEmail":"doreenwanyama20@gmail.com","sentAt":"2023-10-11T14:48:55Z","receivedAt":"2023-10-11T14:49:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"doreenwanyama20@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/ac1ca77d2f26c870ee410deefb602a4c23609b2ac7afe08ef101fcf9bf2336ac?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Thank you for this. Let me check them out\n\n\nOn Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:07 AM Naomi Ibe wrote:\n>\n> Good morning, I followed this link\n> https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22\n> We're not expected to pick something too tasking like working on heavy\n> code fixes, just pick a project you know you can round up and\n> contribute to. A project that doesn't involve plenty of major code\n> manipulations. For task submission, you'd need to learn how to\n> navigate \"git format-patch\" and \"git send-email\" commands(If you read\n> up on these two and their applications and you should be fine), or how\n> to use GitGitGadget pull requests to send code patches directly to\n> this mailing list (https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git)\n>\n> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 7:32 PM Doreen Wanyama wrote:\n> >\n> > Dear Git community,\n> >\n> > I hope you are all doing well. I am writing to show my interest in\n> > working in the project titled move existing tests to a unit testing\n> > framework. This is because I have always been intrigued by the work\n> > the git community does and hence I am interested in being part of\n> > this. I have gone through the links provided about getting started on\n> > this. I spent yesterday evening and a better part of today trying to\n> > understand the resources. As of now I would like to start working on a\n> > microproject since I understand this is the first step. I am finding\n> > it difficult though to start. Someone to please help me understand how\n> > I should go about this or how I should go about finding my first\n> > microproject. Just a brief explanation will help.\n> > Thank you in advance.\n> >\n> > Best regards,\n> >\n> > Doreen Wanyama\n"}]}