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Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpclient.apple ([179.113.63.169]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 71dfb90a1353d-537650880b7sm1664852e0c.31.2025.07.19.15.06.41 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3826.600.51.1.1\)) Subject: Re: A Question from a Hopeful Future Contributor From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro In-Reply-To: <87y0slp23s.fsf@arch.mail-host-address-is-not-set> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 19:06:29 -0300 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano , Ayush Chandekar Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <77CAB8BB-ECA5-46FD-A72D-CD59D96B584C@gmail.com> References: <87y0slp23s.fsf@arch.mail-host-address-is-not-set> To: Eric Frederickson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3826.600.51.1.1) > Hello everyone, >=20 > I hope that this message finds you well! I'm a software developer and = passionate > git user, and I'd like to try my hand at contributing to the project. Hi! The suggestions from Ayush are really helpful. In the last few months I = helped some people (a friend and some students from my university) to join the = Git community and to send their first patches. I would start with the microproject. Some of them are really easy, but = you'll get familiar with the contribution process (i.e. sending patches, code conventions, commit conventions, etc). After that, follow the tutorials for creating a new command = (MyFirstContribution, MyFirstObjectWalk). Perhaps you'll find something outdated in them and = that's=20 another good opportunity to send another patch! Another good reference is "First steps contributing to Git" [1]. It = covers everything that you need to know and to do to get started. If you aren't familiar with the core concepts of Git (objects, index, = references, etc), read the chapter "Git Internals" from Pro Git [2]. I hope it helps you! [1] https://matheustavares.dev/posts/first-steps-contributing-to-git [2] https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain