Re: How to find places where I can contribute?

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 20, 2023, 09:59 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD2gtdeaJ=9_DSC4knHiyZk2TeVEq8H_XWA4sdNVEqdhUw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,

On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 3:39 PM Divyanshu Agrawal <agrawal-d@outlook.com> wrote:

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> Hi!
> I want to contribute to the Git project. However, I'm not sure what I can
> contribute to.
>
> I'm used to the GitHub workflow, where I would look at the "Issues" section of
> a GitHub repository, and try to tackle bugs / features I think I will be able
> to work on.

Git was started before GitHub (and many such platforms) existed, and we still use a mostly email based workflow, even if we do use GitHub and other platforms for some things like code hosting and CI.

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> 1. What is the equivalent for the Git project? How can I find issues/features
> that I can work on?
>
> 2. Is there a way I can find bugs/issues that are likely easy for a new
> contributor to pick up? Similar to a "good-first-issue" label on GitHub?

We have the following documentation:

https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/

There is also the microproject idea page from last year's GSoC:

https://git.github.io/SoC-2022-Microprojects/

We haven't updated it for this year yet, so some ideas might be outdated. It might be a good idea anyway to discuss a bit your micro-project idea on the list when you have found one before starting to work on it.

> Based on your responses, I can also update the documentation, so that others
> like me can get started quickly!

We do use GitHub (at https://github.com/git/git.github.io/) for our Developer Pages (at https://git.github.io/) where we have a lot of useful docs for developers.

We also use GitHub (at https://github.com/git/git-scm.com) for our main web site at https://git-scm.com/.

If you want to contribute as part of the Google Summer of Code 2023, it's best to say so and to add "[GSoC]" at the start of your email subjects.

Thanks and welcome to the Git community, Christian.