From patchwork Fri Jan 24 20:09:16 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Emily Shaffer X-Patchwork-Id: 11350887 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D59B6C1 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:10:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB8E2071E for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:10:24 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b="nhzoopjQ" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2403961AbgAXUKX (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:10:23 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-f201.google.com ([209.85.210.201]:35446 "EHLO mail-pf1-f201.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2403928AbgAXUKX (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:10:23 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-f201.google.com with SMTP id q1so181441pfg.2 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:10:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:subject:from:to:cc; bh=lZdWrxp/eA3TX52V1WoQHM3kBTkFABZ5HcvwM3rpIRI=; b=nhzoopjQB66xvysmxs9lzi4JkzrUNFoY1UhCI14gNGv49pG3evL4g4HYkZNImJI/ep DSj2NJxZkwc2d+IFQZ1bJGo827fsokaVSkpMfsyQ90YX1EmuY4eTHapMGCI64eq3ayTD Tejj2u2wh5MNEL1ALyveza47TfrFxdLMTYur339Jh3t6MvesnthKTjtDR+lc88fGscZH 17XAjGUjCyjGt6ETFzk9ZPb8iE8jToHoeiUXI5CkQibsujraEvsNxpZhc5I+gwqKcQoT /xLd1x5ZtBr+pEyIUYNAPKJcLfEBXA/J0NN0a+dMMWolpx2zBNL0LmtBBtodeNq857B9 L3+A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:subject :from:to:cc; bh=lZdWrxp/eA3TX52V1WoQHM3kBTkFABZ5HcvwM3rpIRI=; b=A/qD+c87J+FgbwZ4Hja22/gnBD+zpOeqc/bBeA9bzr5d27WX6kUx0suBFPC2lKm2lb d8TqJNjuqu3TeAtan2hVn4IcA1FjhDL+Iai4NCSZSmOEy4RVMYaZukBwSmBlKrncHFva lfCh6hA7fmbcQs+6fti/eiFaC4u0tJBXIVRsuiWBPhcA/t7pYC8fEX6vjrq0rOMaoQQ+ 5HdYmpK1ajGf1NnsvdNtoJFjXPja0FoGn32hw5UlSo+Xvhtf0oeoVpmtrTfKEpDD+Hfp RwHDQa7CyY5qGSsEIJGsQyL1/36Z+bpdHUVHsIY4t5jaagD6XdJIKxc7q993WfNcUJy5 oYdw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVNAyR5r5oZGf3i27DN2y2476TvZcApJ/+OHqFjQtypbXW/t1Gk 9HrZ2szo0WIl56h3nQlp7ykuQ/ze6OxPe/f8PztqRqv8x7gs/xpDIljrsI5hwjbUJlVK0TiSWRW As/FbcQVpNfaCOm91PEMmeoXlvOE/e9JKSyvEdWuuVdkqMi4+8EemRi7f4AhZSRJDJQARvfSifQ == X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxM7HE55CH7C0KxNtuSyExzqANTEadgy2xrPQw/RGf1I8vAD+qVUQ4QqnMtJ9pwwQnsAYBWbBGFXQ2vXEV5YwI= X-Received: by 2002:a63:220b:: with SMTP id i11mr5834663pgi.50.1579896622755; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:10:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:09:16 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20191213013128.6268-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> Message-Id: <20200124200915.249473-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.0.341.g760bfbb309-goog Subject: [PATCH v5] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help From: emilyshaffer@google.com To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Emily Shaffer , Denton Liu , Johannes Schindelin , Junio C Hamano , Eric Wong , Richard Kerry , Derrick Stolee Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Emily Shaffer With https://lore.kernel.org/git/20191114194708.GD60198@google.com/ we now have a mentoring mailing list, to which we should direct new contributors who have questions. Mention #git-devel, which is targeted for Git contributors; asking for help with getting a first contribution together is on-topic for that channel. Also mention some of the conventions in case folks are unfamiliar with IRC. Because the mentoring list and #git-devel are both a subset of Git contributors, finally list the main Git list and mention some of the posting conventions. Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer --- On v3, Junio mentioned changing the justification for suggesting #git-devel in the commit-message. Stolee mentioned a missed reference to public-inbox.org which was fixed in v4, but I mangled the threading, so I'll also move this one to reply to v3 instead of the in-thread-with-Stolee v4. - Emily Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt index 35b9130aa3..e7489d156a 100644 --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt @@ -23,6 +23,38 @@ useful additional context: - `Documentation/SubmittingPatches` - `Documentation/howto/new-command.txt` +[[getting-help]] +=== Getting Help + +If you get stuck, you can seek help in the following places. + +==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[git-mentoring@googlegroups.com] + +This mailing list is targeted to new contributors and is a great place to post +questions and receive kind, detailed answers from volunteers on the Git +project. You must join the group to view messages or post. + +==== https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Freenode + +This IRC channel is for conversations between Git contributors. If someone is +currently online and knows the answer to your question, you can receive help +in real time. Otherwise, you can read the +https://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/git-devel[scrollback] to see +whether someone answered you. IRC does not allow offline private messaging, so +if you try to private message someone and then log out of IRC, they cannot +respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you +can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the +conversation. + +==== https://lore.kernel.org/git[git@vger.kernel.org] + +This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version +announcements, design discussions, and more take place. The Git list +requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when +replying to mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can +subscribe to the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with +"subscribe git" in the body. + [[getting-started]] == Getting Started