# Request for Guidance on Getting Started with Git Contributions 2 messages from 2024-09-21 to 2024-09-21. Participants: Khushi Bansal, karthik nayak. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/62164 ## Khushi Bansal, 2024-09-21 06:55 Subject: Request for Guidance on Getting Started with Git Contributions Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAFRk5Gwt7uzi0ErXrbvVfRAtSbEV615bPzaPnxheFB3%3D0DJWKw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Dear Git Community, I am writing to express my strong interest in contributing to the Git project. I am particularly passionate about command-line tools, and Git has always been a technology I admire. I would love to make meaningful contributions to the project and learn from the incredible community that has built and maintained Git over the years. As someone relatively new to open-source contributions, I would greatly appreciate any guidance on how to get started. Specifically, I am looking for advice on the following: 1. Best practices for setting up a local development environment for Git. 2. How to find beginner-friendly issues or areas where new contributors can make an impact. 3. Resources or documentation that could help me better understand the codebase. I am very excited about the opportunity to contribute and hope to make a meaningful impact by improving and supporting Git in any way I can. Any assistance or direction you can provide would be invaluable. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Khushi Bansal ``` ## karthik nayak, 2024-09-21 16:20 Subject: Re: Request for Guidance on Getting Started with Git Contributions Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZSMFaAiKe5wVck%2BjikcfLgqjKgvu8qGTi%3D6kT8-n2BhJg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Khushi Bansal writes: Hello, > Dear Git Community, > > I am writing to express my strong interest in contributing to the Git > project. I am particularly passionate about command-line tools, and > Git has always been a technology I admire. I would love to make > meaningful contributions to the project and learn from the incredible > community that has built and maintained Git over the years. > > As someone relatively new to open-source contributions, I would > greatly appreciate any guidance on how to get started. Specifically, I > am looking for advice on the following: > > 1. Best practices for setting up a local development environment for Git. > 2. How to find beginner-friendly issues or areas where new > contributors can make an impact. > 3. Resources or documentation that could help me better understand the codebase. Thanks for taking interest in the project :) If you haven't already, I would recommend reading the following documentation: - Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt - Documentation/CodingGuidelines - Documentation/SubmittingPatches - Documentation/ReviewingGuidelines.txt For new issues to work on: - There are usually microprojects [1] that we recommend for newcomers when applying to Google Summer of Code. But some of these might no longer be valid. - Sometimes improvements to be made are marked with '#leftoverbits' [2], you'll have to dig around a bit. > > I am very excited about the opportunity to contribute and hope to make > a meaningful impact by improving and supporting Git in any way I can. > Any assistance or direction you can provide would be invaluable. > > Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. > > Regards, > Khushi Bansal Wish you the best, feel free to reach out to the list, if you have any questions or need advice. [1]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2024-Microprojects/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/?q=%23leftoverbits Karthik ```