git@vger.kernel.org mailing list mirror (one of many)
 help / color / mirror / code / Atom feed
From: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:26:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200124212602.74194-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200124210148.220007-1-emilyshaffer@google.com>

With https://lore.kernel.org/git/20191114194708.GD60198@google.com/ we
now have a mentoring mailing list, to which we should direct new
contributors who have questions.

Mention #git-devel, which is targeted for Git contributors; asking for
help with getting a first contribution together is on-topic for that
channel. Also mention some of the conventions in case folks are
unfamiliar with IRC.

Because the mentoring list and #git-devel are both a subset of Git
contributors, finally list the main Git list and mention some of the
posting conventions.

Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
---
Took a slightly modified version of Junio's suggestion for the archive
link so the final text reads "The archive of this mailing list is
available to view in a browser" instead of "The archive of this mailing
list is available at archive to view in a browser".

 - Emily

 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index 35b9130aa3..522c75099d 100644
--- 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
+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.
+
+==== git@vger.kernel.org
+
+This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version
+announcements, design discussions, and more take place. 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. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this
+mailing list is available to view in a browser.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 
-- 
2.25.0.341.g760bfbb309-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-01-24 21:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-15 21:53 [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help Emily Shaffer
2019-11-15 22:05 ` Denton Liu
2019-11-15 23:03   ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-15 23:06 ` [PATCH v2] " Emily Shaffer
2019-11-15 23:38   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-16  0:09   ` Jonathan Nieder
2019-11-16  3:05   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-18 21:45     ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-19  1:45       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 18:49       ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-19 21:29         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-19 21:41           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-20  1:50             ` Eric Wong
2019-11-20 11:41             ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-11-20 23:40               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-20 10:45           ` Kerry, Richard
2019-11-20 11:37             ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 18:25   ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-12-13  1:31   ` [PATCH v3] " Emily Shaffer
2019-12-13  3:00     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-13  4:14       ` Emily Shaffer
2019-12-13  4:16       ` [PATCH v4] " Emily Shaffer
2019-12-13 17:20     ` [PATCH v3] " Junio C Hamano
2019-12-13 17:49       ` Emily Shaffer
2019-12-13 18:40         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-24 20:09     ` [PATCH v5] " emilyshaffer
2020-01-24 20:35       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-24 20:50         ` Emily Shaffer
2020-01-24 20:54           ` Emily Shaffer
2020-01-24 21:11           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-24 21:01       ` [PATCH v6] " Emily Shaffer
2020-01-24 21:18         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-24 21:20           ` Emily Shaffer
2020-01-24 21:26         ` Emily Shaffer [this message]
2020-01-24 21:56           ` [PATCH v7] " SZEDER Gábor
2020-01-24 23:44             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-06  1:07               ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-02-06 16:33                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-06 19:49                   ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-06 22:13                     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-14  2:03                   ` [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: rephrase contact info Emily Shaffer
2020-02-14  2:10                     ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-02-14 17:36                       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-24 22:05           ` [PATCH v7] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help Junio C Hamano

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

  List information: http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20200124212602.74194-1-emilyshaffer@google.com \
    --to=emilyshaffer@google.com \
    --cc=git@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox

	https://80x24.org/mirrors/git.git

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).