# How to find places where I can contribute? 5 messages from 2023-02-19 to 2023-02-20. Participants: Divyanshu Agrawal, Christian Couder, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/59269 ## Divyanshu Agrawal, 2023-02-19 14:13 Subject: How to find places where I can contribute? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BM1PR01MB3139C97DD4B99D3024847874FEA79%40BM1PR01MB3139.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM ``` 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. 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? Based on your responses, I can also update the documentation, so that others like me can get started quickly! Thanks! Divyanshu Agrawal ``` ## Christian Couder, 2023-02-20 09:59 Subject: Re: How to find places where I can contribute? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD2gtdeaJ%3D9_DSC4knHiyZk2TeVEq8H_XWA4sdNVEqdhUw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 3:39 PM Divyanshu Agrawal wrote: > > 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. > 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GSoC: https://git.github.io/SoC-2022-Microprojects/ We haven't updated it for this year yet, so some ideas might be outdated.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. ``` ## Divyanshu Agrawal, 2023-02-20 13:47 Subject: Re: How to find places where I can contribute? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BM1PR01MB3139195CCDB8C8D0C5BE8E11FAA49%40BM1PR01MB3139.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM In-Reply-To: ``` Thanks Christian, for the pointers to the documentation. This will help me get started. - Divyanshu ``` ## Divyanshu Agrawal, 2023-02-20 13:48 Subject: Re: How to find places where I can contribute? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BM1PR01MB3139513364F951DC31B4DD29FAA49%40BM1PR01MB3139.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM In-Reply-To: <9DDB074D-2966-4096-B256-4035AB8EA778@gmail.com> ``` Thanks Ankur, this is helpful. On 19/02/23 21:00, Ankur Saini wrote: > you might be interested in "Searching for bug reports” section of > https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/ - Divyanshu ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2023-02-20 21:31 Subject: Re: How to find places where I can contribute? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqzg98gh1b.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: ``` Christian Couder writes: >> 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/ While these are good for GSoC applicants before they do a real project, I didn't read the "where I can contribute?" as such---it asks for something more real, not a toy "dip my toes" practice. Perhaps looking for #leftoverbits in the list archive may be another approach that would give readers a problem with real upsides? Thanks. ```