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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-18.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57661C433DB for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 00:31:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 262FD65011 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 00:31:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230399AbhCEAbS (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:31:18 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52272 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229601AbhCEAbS (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:31:18 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x435.google.com (mail-pf1-x435.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::435]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5384DC061574 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 16:31:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pf1-x435.google.com with SMTP id d12so794719pfo.7 for ; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:31:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=xuBBO7o9mVL6Pn1QizzjoskX07/3EH2/rX+Cnx1hJ8E=; b=uH0WuaDWXyAjGFofRphJOlQDuSMrOKpGzfXHVfuwsUWUXv4TXOypEYw9aAxnVu0arf QDQmr6LHBS3hzLgJAX3XVA6ehZHaAOriTlz6clBYpAIKPj9RueRY+rHd1Umty4pKXYXM o0Px4Rky797eEqrnXkpyOXMuihCzVX8srdKBl5sa3EgFtCNUBrUU9PlaZ7r0mWEK1+zA hBupfAvDQbOx5+AxUjfU4GDWFY8wKkJ1lBl7xQEJ8HRESljZJxddV0652sUVg1d+UraK JiNjL3hfGbbGs0nDbG4AbtukHfZuBSjXxNXSlGijoS+gpezFQGxGkjwRlKsxgH4sECZA 1atw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=xuBBO7o9mVL6Pn1QizzjoskX07/3EH2/rX+Cnx1hJ8E=; b=Ta5ELmO1t/aNzNGzF/8UM5uEzx9EUeKg3E4sXI0aSbjrVCZeLvnwk4smO8oDa0EniY oNPIta0feOIHZgFoPi72cMO5zMM6tS67HT2Kr8U3uryllRaNvsvMCeUbJyVFLEd/ShM5 LJKFOdCb6u68Il13ttXgQRoR2e8ykRZ3qyHL7ZhnuP2TPZxfBifss66/2dlc53jwbd1R HcyFrq4AJlrcvmqtMNoYutVp36dusYZgxC2vKnSD1DkWU3IQhCysQaJ2E4rfT1D9rJyq PwUzfy69exrTDJHmFVvQ0QNWamJ4IXwIzKk+6d2IbZsSqslz2CfmAf/11NAvbHXA2BiP u+uw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532i7i0O4GeXiJwqMByBNMQawkBvqgpEq/5x384pdHVIHYEmwUXm k1zJUc1ymSPO7u3y65lbsjJGpnccCo4jcQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzBTt2RVd5Wn6wFut+fFqeI+LnaGDLFeA+qwPKsDdXZlwL5g0e86VVsJHsX0Hp24+pKT/H6jg== X-Received: by 2002:a62:5a45:0:b029:1e5:4c81:c59 with SMTP id o66-20020a625a450000b02901e54c810c59mr6440719pfb.51.1614904277591; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:31:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from google.com ([2620:15c:2ce:0:3905:3765:1b99:68a4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i1sm470244pfo.160.2021.03.04.16.31.16 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:31:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 16:31:11 -0800 From: Emily Shaffer To: Dominik Lameter Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, git-mentoring@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Found error in documentation, looking for advice on how to start contributing Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 06:04:01PM -0600, Dominik Lameter wrote: > > Hi all, Hi and welcome! > > I don't know if this is the place for this question, let me know if I > should send it elsewhere. > > I was reading a portion of the documentation today and found a > paragraph out of place in my local documentation, as well as on > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log and in the git/git GitHub repository. > I have never contributed to an open source project before and I think > this would be a simple place to start. I've read through the readme > and Documentation/SubmittingPatches document, however with the > https://github.com/git/git repository being publish only, what git > repository do I base my changes on for documentation patches? I think the My First Contribution guide can help you, especially if you start from here: https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution#add-documentation (The rest of the guide before that anchor may also be useful to you, but not specifically for a documentation change.) This is definitely the right list, so do write back if you have questions that aren't answered by that guide. - Emily