Re: [GSoC] Microproject: Updating Documentation

From: Mahendra Dani <danimahendra0904@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 8, 2025, 17:33 UTC
Message-ID: <CABGrwBDLO9=FCjUW_LfJ_RZ95bRXWHFFNvdJfOuiYocGXdj3Mg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+rGoLc69R8qgbkYQiKoc2uweDwD10mxZXYFSY8xFs5eKSRVkA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM JAYATHEERTH K <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hey Git community, I'm Jayatheerth (he/him) you can call me Jay.
>

Hi Jay!

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> I'm pretty new to open source and since I know C, Python, Rust and
> Shell scripting and experience with Git, I wanted to contribute to Git
> itself.
> I always wanted to contribute to open source code as I use them on a
> daily basis and I would love to stay even after GSOC...
>

That's amazing.

> So I had a question. I went through the documentation in Git source
> code as I'm new to Git and I found that there were several outdated
> elements and issues.
>

Ok. Can you provide references to the issues?

> Since Git suggests starting with a small microproject I wanted to ask
> for advice if updating MyFirstContribution.adoc would be a good micro
> project or am I looking in the wrong way?
>

I'd suggest trying to submit a microproject listed in [1]. Further, please go through the General Microproject Information[2] and MyFirstContribution[3].

> Thank you,
> Jay
>

[[ References ]]
1. https://git.github.io/SoC-2025-Microprojects/
2. https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/
3. https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution

Thanks, Mahendra.