Re: [Outreachy] internship contribution

From: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 10, 2022, 16:57 UTC
Message-ID: <CADo9pHgcfwV53ooyM8Dh5jVO2rxO-tUHeLovd7HYLdTSOkNtyA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <9fcfc8b0-772d-08c3-595b-5a5a139d7ecd@github.com>

Maybe WSL can be used?: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 6:55 PM Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> wrote:

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> On 10/10/2022 12:22 PM, Christian Couder wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM NSENGIYUMVA WILBERFORCE
> > <nsengiyumvawilberforce@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I see most of the articles are UNIX based, does it mean that I should
> >> have a UNIX based operating system in order to contribute?
> >> Currently, I have windows installed 11 on my PC
> >
> > You can install a Linux virtual machine on your PC and develop in this
> > virtual machine, or you can install the Git for Windows SDK from:
> >
> > https://gitforwindows.org/#contribute
> >
> > It might be best to install both development environments. I will not
> > be able to help you much with development environment issues if you
> > develop on Windows, but if it works for you, that could be Ok,
> > especially if you use GitGitGadget too.
>
> The git-for-windows/git fork has some information that is helpful
> for developing Git on a Windows machine [1]. This also includes
> details about recommending a Linux VM with Windows' Hyper-V system
> because compiling and testing Git is so much faster on Linux.
>
> [1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
>
> Good luck!
> -Stolee