Re: Contribution for an Open Source Git

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Sachin Sharma wrote:

> What do I need from Git?
>
> Guidance, neither too deep nor too short(optimum).
>
> How can I get started for a contribution?
>
> What are the necessary technical skills needed for a contribution to
> Git?

To add to what Stefan wrote:

This is a good question.  There are a wide variety of ways that a
person can improve Git, from the point of view of improving how it
works, adding features, documenting it better, helping users directly,
and so on.  All of these kinds of projects require different skills.

I think that for many, the first barrier to entry is intimidation.
As Stefan staid, don't be intimidated --- we won't bite. ;-)  If you
make an improvement and the project doesn't take it, you still get the
satisfaction to being able to use that improvement.  And the project
is quite open to improvements and after a first false step can help
point you in a good direction to get things done in a maintainable
way.

Another piece of advice is to take advantage of the real-time help you
can get from IRC.  See the IRC channel link in https://git-scm.com/community
for details.  https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/ might be useful for
getting started with IRC.

Thanks and hope that helps,
Jonathan