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I'm a software developer and pas= sionate > git user, and I'd like to try my hand at contributing to the project. I'm > sending this message in order to ask Junio and the team if there's anythi= ng that > would be particularly useful / appropriate for me to start looking into o= n that > front. (Reading through the last few "What's cooking" messages, I didn't = see > anything that jumped out at me as needing a new contributor, which is why= I'm > asking in a separate message instead of replying to one of those.) > Welcome! It's nice to see you excited about contributing to Git. To clear things up, there isn't any team defined as such for Git, however , there are people working on it as volunteers or are employed by a company (eg: GitHub, GitLab, etc) to work on Git. If you want to know more about Git development and contribution process, you can check it out here: [1] > (Some notes on my skills: working on docs or tests is always a favorite f= or me, > so things in those areas would be a great time. Also comfortable with low= -level > code, and any kind of scripting. Note too that academic background center= s > around programming language design and parsing related stuff, so I've got= some > fluency in those areas that I could hopefully apply well to the project i= f ever > needed.) > Git has something called as a 'microproject'[2], which is a small and a relatively simple patch meant to help new contributors get familiar with the project. While microprojects are often done by students applying for mentorship programs, they're a great way to get your hands on Git development. They help you understand the codebase, and the development and contribution workflow. And as you mentioned that you like working on documentation or tests, you'll find that most of the microproject ideas are based on these. That said, you're more than encouraged to scratch your own itch as Junio sa= id. Thanks, Ayush:) [1]: https://git.github.io/Hacking-Git/ [2]: https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/