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Re: Need help to start contributing

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KKKonstantin Khomoutov <kostix@bswap.ru>
Date
Feb 2, 2020, 14:12 UTC
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On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 05:56:55PM +0530, Manav Agarwal wrote:
> Hey there! I am a shell script and Linux kernel programmer and looking
> forward to making contributions to Git. May you please help me out
> with some getting started links. I would be very thankful to you if
> you could help me out with that.

This recent thread on the git-users mailing list [1] should have you covered on this topic.

To maybe add to what's written there, I'd also suggest looking under the "Documentation" directory of your local Git clone [2] - as it contains all the relevant material.

1. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/git-users/89WqodvcEUE/discussion
2. https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation
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  1. Manav AgarwalFeb 2, 2020
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovFeb 2, 2020
  3. Matheus Tavares BernardinoFeb 3, 2020
  4. Shourya ShuklaFeb 5, 2020

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