Re: A Question from a Hopeful Future Contributor

From: Eric Frederickson <ericfrederickson68@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2025, 01:02 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <77CAB8BB-ECA5-46FD-A72D-CD59D96B584C@gmail.com>

Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> writes:

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>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I hope that this message finds you well! I'm a software developer and passionate
>> git user, and I'd like to try my hand at contributing to the project.
>
> Hi!
>
> The suggestions from Ayush are really helpful.

Agreed! [1]

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> In the last few months I helped some people (a friend and some students from
> my university) to join the Git community and to send their first patches.
>
> I would start with the microproject. Some of them are really easy, but you'll
> get familiar with the contribution process (i.e. sending patches, code
> conventions, commit conventions, etc).

Will do. And I think I've got one in mind :).

> After that, follow the tutorials for creating a new command (MyFirstContribution,
> MyFirstObjectWalk). Perhaps you'll find something outdated in them and that's 
> another good opportunity to send another patch!

Noted!

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> Another good reference is "First steps contributing to Git" [1]. It covers
> everything that you need to know and to do to get started.
>
> If you aren't familiar with the core concepts of Git (objects, index, references,
> etc), read the chapter "Git Internals" from Pro Git [2].

Both of the resources you linked here are much appreciated.

> I hope it helps you!

Very much so!

> [1] https://matheustavares.dev/posts/first-steps-contributing-to-git
> [2] https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain

Thanks again, and best wishes, -- Eric Frederickson ericfrederickson68@gmail.com https://emfred.com

[1] (I sent him a reply giving my thanks (but forgot to Cc the mailing list...))