# [Newcomer] Question about inconsistencies in MyFirstContribution.adoc 2 messages from 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-04. Participants: soutrik das, Shreyansh Paliwal. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64913 ## soutrik das, 2026-02-04 10:45 Subject: [Newcomer] Question about inconsistencies in MyFirstContribution.adoc Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAPHqhPmDSh8WRwYt0TJUQQajM5r84m6tc6RZsiM-YzeBbxzwaw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi everyone, Newcomer here, while going through the MyFirstContribution.adoc I noticed some small inconsistencies , which might not be a problem to anyone really, but since I was doubtful I am writing here. > Add a line to #include "config.h" and #include"repository.h". Then, add the following bits to the function body: function body And then the tutorial uses `git_default_config` , which I am assuming used to be in `config.h` but now it's in `environment.h`. Another small thing was > There are a number of single-key lookup functions like this one; you can see them all (and more info about how to use repo_config()) in Documentation/technical/api-config.adoc But There is no api-config.adoc in ./Documentation/technical I couldn't find any other place where the repo_config() was explained , Inside the Documentation folder it has been mentioned in 4 files - MyFirstContribution.adoc : excluding this - MyFirstObjectWalk.adoc : excluding this as well - user-manual.adoc : used to explain what `builtin/cat-file.c` was doing - 2.50.0.adoc : is about a release ? So I assume the thing that the tutorial refers to is currently not present ? While writing this mail , I checked two previous Patch mails: One was about a patch by Arnav Kapoor ( https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1972.git.git.1748005233977.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/ ) another one was probably about rejecting this patch ? And then From this ( https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8qmso59i.fsf@gitster.g/#t ) I am assuming repo-config used to be called git-config , but a search on git-config shows up too many matches , and I think i should stop here and ask for advice. I believe this won't count as a microproject for gsoc , but nonetheless, it may or may not help newcomers. Is this a possible patch ? Soutrik Das ``` ## Shreyansh Paliwal, 2026-02-04 11:13 Subject: Re: [Newcomer] Question about inconsistencies in MyFirstContribution.adoc Message-ID: <20260204111343.71975-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20260204111343.71975-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` > Hi everyone, > Newcomer here, while going through the MyFirstContribution.adoc I > noticed some small inconsistencies , which might not be a problem to > anyone really, but since I was doubtful I am writing here. > > > Add a line to #include "config.h" and #include"repository.h". Then, add the following bits to the function body: function body > > And then the tutorial uses `git_default_config` , which I am assuming > used to be in `config.h` but now it's in `environment.h`. > Yes this is a valid inconsistency, but this is fixed in a recent patch [1]. It is currently in the next branch. > > Another small thing was > > There are a number of single-key lookup functions like this one; you can see them all (and more info about how to use repo_config()) in Documentation/technical/api-config.adoc > > But There is no api-config.adoc in ./Documentation/technical > > I couldn't find any other place where the repo_config() was explained > , Inside the Documentation folder it has been mentioned in 4 files > - MyFirstContribution.adoc : excluding this > - MyFirstObjectWalk.adoc : excluding this as well > - user-manual.adoc : used to explain what `builtin/cat-file.c` was doing > - 2.50.0.adoc : is about a release ? > So I assume the thing that the tutorial refers to is currently not present ? > > While writing this mail , I checked two previous Patch mails: > One was about a patch by Arnav Kapoor ( > https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1972.git.git.1748005233977.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/ > ) another one was probably about rejecting this patch ? And then > From this ( https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8qmso59i.fsf@gitster.g/#t > ) I am assuming repo-config used to be called git-config , but a > search on git-config shows up too many matches , and I think i should > stop here and ask for advice. > Actually the documentation for repo_config was shifted to config.h, to make it easier, see patch [2]. You can replace 'Documentation/technical/api-config.adoc' with 'config.h'. > I believe this won't count as a microproject for gsoc , but > nonetheless, it may or may not help newcomers. > Is this a possible patch ? > Every change, even if it is a small documentation change is an improvement, but I would suggest apart from this doc change you can look into [3] for some more microproject ideas. Best, Shreyansh [1]- https://lore.kernel.org/git/20260112195625.391821-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com/ [2]- https://github.com/git/git/commit/6c96630cb0900446f7069f64d3d58bac539c0a58 [3]- https://git.github.io/SoC-2025-Microprojects/ ```