Awesome, Do consider reading the files under Documentation (as other people suggested) to make it easier to contribute. There's CodingGuidelines and SubmittingPatches that are super useful :) Good luck! -Santiago. On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:43:13PM +0100, Fabio Aiuto wrote: > Ok I typed make install from the terminal, then I attached the the > project to the executable generated in the local bin directory. So I > can happily trace in the code. Thank you, hope I will be able to fix > things in git very soon!!! > Fabio. > Il giorno lun, 11/02/2019 alle 20.08 +0100, Fabio Aiuto ha scritto: > > Hello Santiago, > > I'm running debian Stretch on my machine, and using Eclipse. I'm new > > in > > linux world so I don't know how could I let you know all packages > > I've > > installed in a single screenshot. > > However I got the git sources with the following command: > > > > $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > > > > then I've opened the project inside Eclipse by importing a makefile > > project from existing code. I tried to build several time beacuse of > > some compilation errors that I fixed by installing the following > > packages: > > > > $ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev > > $ sudo apt-get install libcurl-dev > > $ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev > > $ sudo apt-get install libexpat1-dev > > > > At last no building errors detected but when I try to run adebug > > session, the IDE says tat 'Program file does not exist'. And there > > are > > more errors spread over the project wich are not detected.When i do > > the > > rebuild by clicking the 'hammer' icon, the message in the console > > window says: > > 20:04:07 **** Incremental Build of configuration Default for project > > git **** > > make all  > >     SUBDIR git-gui > >     SUBDIR gitk-git > >     SUBDIR templates > > > > 20:04:08 Build Finished (took 866ms) > > > > Please ask me for more informations!!!! > > Thank you > > Il giorno dom, 10/02/2019 alle 17.48 -0500, Santiago Torres ha > > scritto: > > > It'd be difficult to debug without more context: > > > > > > Do you mind sharing your build log and more informationa about your > > > setup? (e.g., what OS are you running, what packages are installed, > > > how > > > did you get the git sources, etc.) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Santiago. > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 10:56:54PM +0100, Fabio Aiuto wrote: > > > > Hello again my problem is that I cannot compile git. > > > > The error message says: > > > > > > > > Type'z_stream' could not be resolved > > > > > > > > I don't know why, because I installed the package zlib1g-dev and > > > > in > > > > the > > > > header file zlib.h this structure is declared. Help me!!! > > > > Fabio.