[PATCH v5] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help

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emilyshaffer@google.com <emilyshaffer@google.com>

Date

Jan 24, 2020, 20:09 UTC

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<20200124200915.249473-1-emilyshaffer@google.com>

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<20191213013128.6268-1-emilyshaffer@google.com>

From: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>

Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
---
On v3, Junio mentioned changing the justification for suggesting
#git-devel in the commit-message. Stolee mentioned a missed reference to
public-inbox.org which was fixed in v4, but I mangled the threading, so
I'll also move this one to reply to v3 instead of the
in-thread-with-Stolee v4.

 - Emily

 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index 35b9130aa3..e7489d156a 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,38 @@ useful additional context:
 - `Documentation/SubmittingPatches`
 - `Documentation/howto/new-command.txt`
 
+[[getting-help]]
+=== Getting Help
+
+If you get stuck, you can seek help in the following places.
+
+==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[git-mentoring@googlegroups.com]
+
+This mailing list is targeted to new contributors and is a great place to post
+questions and receive kind, detailed answers from volunteers on the Git
+project. You must join the group to view messages or post.
+
+==== https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Freenode
+
+This IRC channel is for conversations between Git contributors. If someone is
+currently online and knows the answer to your question, you can receive help
+in real time. Otherwise, you can read the
+https://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/git-devel[scrollback] to see
+whether someone answered you. IRC does not allow offline private messaging, so
+if you try to private message someone and then log out of IRC, they cannot
+respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you
+can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the
+conversation.
+
+==== https://lore.kernel.org/git[git@vger.kernel.org]
+
+This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version
+announcements, design discussions, and more take place. The Git list
+requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when
+replying to mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can
+subscribe to the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with
+"subscribe git" in the body.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 

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