# [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community 3 messages from 2023-10-09 to 2023-10-11. Participants: Doreen Wanyama, Naomi Ibe. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/60333 ## Doreen Wanyama, 2023-10-09 18:31 Subject: [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANhBNnvUx%3DKG2RkkJEamr2KHerXoDrvW2qe5zKq_xiV1t9V92g%40mail.gmail.com ``` Dear Git community, I hope you are all doing well. I am writing to show my interest in working in the project titled move existing tests to a unit testing framework. This is because I have always been intrigued by the work the git community does and hence I am interested in being part of this. I have gone through the links provided about getting started on this. I spent yesterday evening and a better part of today trying to understand the resources. As of now I would like to start working on a microproject since I understand this is the first step. I am finding it difficult though to start. Someone to please help me understand how I should go about this or how I should go about finding my first microproject. Just a brief explanation will help. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Doreen Wanyama ``` ## Naomi Ibe, 2023-10-11 06:06 Subject: Re: [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACS%3DG2w%2B_o_85DBrv2vpR6Ym8R7XeijJDbaB1y8a5xkNztyoRA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Good morning, I followed this link https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22 We're not expected to pick something too tasking like working on heavy code fixes, just pick a project you know you can round up and contribute to. A project that doesn't involve plenty of major code manipulations. For task submission, you'd need to learn how to navigate "git format-patch" and "git send-email" commands(If you read up on these two and their applications and you should be fine), or how to use GitGitGadget pull requests to send code patches directly to this mailing list (https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git) On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 7:32 PM Doreen Wanyama wrote: > > Dear Git community, > > I hope you are all doing well. I am writing to show my interest in > working in the project titled move existing tests to a unit testing > framework. This is because I have always been intrigued by the work > the git community does and hence I am interested in being part of > this. I have gone through the links provided about getting started on > this. I spent yesterday evening and a better part of today trying to > understand the resources. As of now I would like to start working on a > microproject since I understand this is the first step. I am finding > it difficult though to start. Someone to please help me understand how > I should go about this or how I should go about finding my first > microproject. Just a brief explanation will help. > Thank you in advance. > > Best regards, > > Doreen Wanyama ``` ## Doreen Wanyama, 2023-10-11 14:48 Subject: Re: [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANhBNnvn1LYGJ8c%3DGW1PUmKRNHvTjjib8TyuOamKryKKLjbeXA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Thank you for this. Let me check them out On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:07 AM Naomi Ibe wrote: > > Good morning, I followed this link > https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22 > We're not expected to pick something too tasking like working on heavy > code fixes, just pick a project you know you can round up and > contribute to. A project that doesn't involve plenty of major code > manipulations. For task submission, you'd need to learn how to > navigate "git format-patch" and "git send-email" commands(If you read > up on these two and their applications and you should be fine), or how > to use GitGitGadget pull requests to send code patches directly to > this mailing list (https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git) > > On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 7:32 PM Doreen Wanyama wrote: > > > > Dear Git community, > > > > I hope you are all doing well. I am writing to show my interest in > > working in the project titled move existing tests to a unit testing > > framework. This is because I have always been intrigued by the work > > the git community does and hence I am interested in being part of > > this. I have gone through the links provided about getting started on > > this. I spent yesterday evening and a better part of today trying to > > understand the resources. As of now I would like to start working on a > > microproject since I understand this is the first step. I am finding > > it difficult though to start. Someone to please help me understand how > > I should go about this or how I should go about finding my first > > microproject. Just a brief explanation will help. > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Doreen Wanyama ```