From patchwork Fri Dec 13 04:16:56 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Emily Shaffer X-Patchwork-Id: 11289923 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 35EEC14E3 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:17:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14297227BF for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:17:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b="NqjgLeDA" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731450AbfLMER3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:17:29 -0500 Received: from mail-pj1-f73.google.com ([209.85.216.73]:47466 "EHLO mail-pj1-f73.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727299AbfLMER2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:17:28 -0500 Received: by mail-pj1-f73.google.com with SMTP id m14so686177pjr.14 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:17:28 -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=vJyziR+CcV+Uct1GU1bjhgwDbYLe1tSzI+XfSCoQLlg=; b=NqjgLeDAdkGg7dt//P/KdgCs5vcb+HWziY+jrTqVl5xKi58iUG3MHAo7KesI37OyoR 09pr0SsLBf9AyvmlbPbcYeuMVvKN8P8JtSUJlFUR8f3mpX4bSP0Rgo9IlkeY2qIfJV4l utZiOV5G96CLieiRcVU2FtX6lgU3uWZY6cBGjRKJcz9eM+l/jx6GCd/Ftv35x0VbrEjZ jZkK10ophQzBFAwfEBUoJP0CjqNh/Mw5GEWRJuVH9f/BeYTCkG3PrT3oIG/73/Jqf8oN H3mDR/ydp0IzGH6n2ubkANMavUqFfG9/Pvs0mF+DRxpW7fqYeOPIE0DVGZML/hhO04EN pnpQ== 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=vJyziR+CcV+Uct1GU1bjhgwDbYLe1tSzI+XfSCoQLlg=; b=BimWtNIJa8BpT5BRuHy4bA8osJUBBkaK2E2X4MjOD2XT5eVUsvzw9uFTOp5LAXbU+s DOgpYDoOGO/UiflpnbO/0qfX58IQ03Qt03JZbBRYkufDnydkwW6V8hUJ8Q5XCRMDlgi1 JFqG1asKFIN0agZSARMe/JbwvnN5X36+NcawHU2J093fTjt0dQM13T56qPCwM4Wj1fWG lttWErvpxTUwkM8mr9SQ6khsFGW1kQa7WvSc0O5zLwtGgFKgW986MmKhZ2L4qKLKS9bs UMPauNmskySXSq+A8tpTZmP8atpfUAEEB2oC8lRoW2QTh5LzPq9Hqm/xU9hH7/Fz6aHb QXKA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWVSLCY+XmEQsHCjbvbAnKed4piiq2ANyAMb5viurOc3Daud+qP +t+pkZGUV0hBL6L46XM79PQYc7WfNpXyGokPXeN8AcEFae4DISbnfXtK+u3rfC5V+2/KyhcLjxP HBzTjjuAyxUte5/bYTRqQd7p9O9mbdNBQrNLWGgIvchX0kiYxodz5YRirKZmxA8uqyYIhe0gw1g == X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx0pEduoqiV7RQGamwOfBTvEOS5M7W3t56DSJ/Kjr9McQfKISyakw5S7Rz8AfFZrWYj2FM7sMzTZFp88YErD2M= X-Received: by 2002:a63:2808:: with SMTP id o8mr14471130pgo.39.1576210648003; Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:17:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:16:56 -0800 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <20191213041656.24267-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.24.1.735.g03f4e72817-goog Subject: [PATCH v4] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help From: Emily Shaffer To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Emily Shaffer , Denton Liu , Johannes Schindelin , Junio C Hamano , Eric Wong , Kerry@google.com, Richard Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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. Since #git-devel's traffic is fairly low, it should be OK to direct some questions there too. 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 --- Only difference from v3 is the public-inbox -> lore.kernel in the commit message. Thanks, Stolee. - 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