From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, FSL_HELO_FAKE,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4361F4B5 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727352AbfKPAJw (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:09:52 -0500 Received: from mail-pl1-f194.google.com ([209.85.214.194]:34461 "EHLO mail-pl1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727064AbfKPAJv (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:09:51 -0500 Received: by mail-pl1-f194.google.com with SMTP id h13so5779250plr.1 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:09:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=Fqu18kjxb/Ay+eW/qLIA0Iw5aaFip8EUd9mRzjDAt7U=; b=syid+48Erf841W48wn6VVHZszZXZPPMatD4al2ik2D9zNe6HmQu9mNIP9a6KBSsi5u LvrJfJZpp3bMaDdAzVz9B6mRNzSJ8grC+SEBfGZeEItX7gzDq5LBL9O8tMceP5wLiA0E yeM66hbUcyOcep1U0m+ndiPzK9HqvcvP5faWwuwBf27Dy5fb4SLrWKrKKqAMxQTDXmJu UBwz5nxRBxnDYkuICV+isDVH5V12GQ1Z31G+DxoNEFjPX0VaBndQ/4uxAQEmNQ4nnk2E Y32is1hSO9OHh+9iFeE7vzJ6a19I5COjR32vhRew1siKGipjPposO5K73MWSxLWvS4Gs DVcg== 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:user-agent; bh=Fqu18kjxb/Ay+eW/qLIA0Iw5aaFip8EUd9mRzjDAt7U=; b=aswqHWS2f9k09d+X9U1tBrQbk5YsmLE7TjN3WGO7WjoR7gCsTyyLaWJTA1ObXl/aPd 5hqWe5GnNojOYQ66aU2cifNlNsmkZPJBysVTyJbelgXnxmVtokWwiP6praSbVuzuhMGQ SgjFQFSRWR97VK8aCEyOhN9kuM0InPqDwYaLBL+QQsISc5V4wLzXa113/PAnqHGbFF8X JoOvvG6GiSVd8OTmqzYZtUrGGADZqVVDt7Befds2CiaavGBFK6Q6pq/5jJroDShmODVx Bb40/WPTnqZhndcuFj1c/9wgBQOovdHzLhPiueSkrMullXtN1A+x5otXqT6hjmMJLbkk l6Pw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXWoMOVYNhmkP98YmcrfcTvbJlRLdnKCFJXHQJxOJbzXJIxbOAn SD6niGREd20q1F7RY2HBehA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzWgH9LhOkPXx78HKXdT2LzAqCvD3kMtQzWzo2DDKjn6mf4zbiBmJ11zTqyOUIaWRxyq4rvVA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:59c9:: with SMTP id d9mr17230443plj.229.1573862990738; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:09:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from google.com ([2620:15c:2ce:200:cf67:1de0:170f:be65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y123sm11436330pfg.64.2019.11.15.16.09.49 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:09:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:09:47 -0800 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Emily Shaffer Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Denton Liu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help Message-ID: <20191116000947.GA30187@google.com> References: <20191115215342.37408-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> <20191115230637.76877-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191115230637.76877-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Emily Shaffer wrote: > --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt > +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt > @@ -23,6 +23,39 @@ useful additional context: > - `Documentation/SubmittingPatches` > - `Documentation/howto/new-command.txt` > > +[[getting-help]] > +=== Getting Help > + > +If you get stuck, you can seek help in the following places. > + > +==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[git-mentoring@googlegroups.com] > + > +This mailing list is targeted to new contributors and is a great place to post > +questions and receive kind, detailed answers from volunteers on the Git > +project. You must join the group to view messages or post. > + > +==== https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Freenode > + > +This IRC channel is for conversations between Git contributors. If someone is > +currently online and knows the answer to your question, you can receive help > +in real time. Otherwise, you can read the > +https://colabti.org/irclogger//irclogger_logs/git-devel[scrollback] to see optional: https://j.mp/gitdevlog also works and is briefer. > +whether someone answered you. IRC does not allow offline private messaging, so > +if you try to private message someone and then log out of IRC, they cannot > +respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you > +can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the > +conversation. > + > +==== https://public-inbox.org/git[git@vger.kernel.org] > + > +This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version > +announcements, design discussions, and more take place. If you fail to receive > +help via the channels above, you can ask your question here. The Git list > +requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when > +replying to mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can > +subscribe to the list by sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with > +"subscribe git" in the body. > + Very nice. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder Thanks.