From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A659CC433FE for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229808AbiJJQdj (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:33:39 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54396 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229839AbiJJQde (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:33:34 -0400 Received: from mail-io1-xd2f.google.com (mail-io1-xd2f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2f]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA4FA75490 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:33:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-io1-xd2f.google.com with SMTP id h203so1191404iof.1 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:33:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=github.com; s=google; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=KM8o/oLTtTWZzzwhpHlQzyCWtBHb1tOeJf2f0oQDzgw=; b=gttKWFtC/s1pkisTs5pnGxiHezfqMLWXIbVNphY/JkALo3L0JHycdAg4mEa2s2Rl5X HopPMAi7En8NomUjsmWEf6coMlCMIe5O3qmjvoUvX4WrwUj/aguBC0hBkzgcN3/dlczR CuC3GcpcTZ6etfr50VzaKdawIjZY0Ztwux0Ld9Q7gSzBC4exrSTX5b42Dr+e3Hv8veyC 54wQaBd/4lKzic52N78/H/rz2teTNYnvbLtgXbSvuANA3r6H3n7uV5MsSsWnhsPmHf7k DmXxF/vogFc/mHgttIhDNg6iIGQvJddMNLY6RfICmWbfqD9Ggb7USEMdv8QZ5CcNcell kLMA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=KM8o/oLTtTWZzzwhpHlQzyCWtBHb1tOeJf2f0oQDzgw=; b=Zo8djKDSwLeCP4LZxtuPYc8rkjRH4+THbz/UksVW7VMLJV0Dla/9oDYGQekB81X9g7 fZ5ekDrf47dBVkaM7EOqS4TfTKRAqx6vxuJw870JCNe3HJ96p6fYaaDZseijl1SBRnvf yG43lG4wbcJXyAWIeD9IfCJlYtw/uFjFXo0MhRW5JSD7p9nTrdqcDHsL3/HR6Zu0ADfZ cTLyVAl1dwxdQZL5uulvFyptum0LijjoVo51gCBRXMpXRyJkqAMu2A2m6jMdv6Tn16vs eqZpid+RD0G7hAn9rINXH9duu3r5XhQsQqqtIfVByPwJQT5gaOU52cbWqYw4kUEgv1vy 9llQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf1JkNx1JpkidHGBBfeRmcHMxA3921xpUPU8AoyHpNwfnygq7Bx4 XMU6jCik5NQ02Ru23bHoF40h X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM6GAkSTmvcxHy6fmIhc6aAfQVwb/+B00NjKhvdXo9tjBUbyzYHfaq7v2i2Ww7F5ZR7wPdnJHw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6638:498c:b0:363:c532:8a3d with SMTP id cv12-20020a056638498c00b00363c5328a3dmr1394143jab.291.1665419608495; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPV6:2600:1700:e72:80a0:2102:4070:cf6:fed2? ([2600:1700:e72:80a0:2102:4070:cf6:fed2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n15-20020a92260f000000b002fa7b6e9cf5sm3904844ile.31.2022.10.10.09.33.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9fcfc8b0-772d-08c3-595b-5a5a139d7ecd@github.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:33:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.13.1 Subject: Re: [Outreachy] internship contribution Content-Language: en-US To: Christian Couder , NSENGIYUMVA WILBERFORCE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Hariom verma References: From: Derrick Stolee In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 10/10/2022 12:22 PM, Christian Couder wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM NSENGIYUMVA WILBERFORCE > wrote: >> >> I see most of the articles are UNIX based, does it mean that I should >> have a UNIX based operating system in order to contribute? >> Currently, I have windows installed 11 on my PC > > You can install a Linux virtual machine on your PC and develop in this > virtual machine, or you can install the Git for Windows SDK from: > > https://gitforwindows.org/#contribute > > It might be best to install both development environments. I will not > be able to help you much with development environment issues if you > develop on Windows, but if it works for you, that could be Ok, > especially if you use GitGitGadget too. The git-for-windows/git fork has some information that is helpful for developing Git on a Windows machine [1]. This also includes details about recommending a Linux VM with Windows' Hyper-V system because compiling and testing Git is so much faster on Linux. [1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md Good luck! -Stolee