From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 395FC2021E for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:43:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755529AbcKOPna (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:43:30 -0500 Received: from mail-it0-f66.google.com ([209.85.214.66]:34226 "EHLO mail-it0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753270AbcKOPn3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:43:29 -0500 Received: by mail-it0-f66.google.com with SMTP id o1so738044ito.1 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:43:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=igs8o35CTd+ysSMIRUnm6ZF1pKmPDsW+OowckUx5GDk=; b=YF3lqLLpWY0lOK3T69ats6z5v9H1zOUEwjG9phW+yKKninUpR3S27b/H5CZmujfu8E XzXk5eA886Ntd2AQeIJ4s6vZpu0mjHk0xFCUZoTgbA5NBKr/d6VjFVg58aiHXrMdzZfW 62WPyPNjChCd8X5ec4YQ4mYEJRZ3ei5OTF28dg+V6RUCKY8uitjaQprdUgTjIYAAgyyc bBawQql77pw9mPWay+PlF9ucs0H8CYxsHHGSk6T3DRXUZotlkWcxMTveh7PAf2Age0Kc GjdoDogZ8iw67uspJoo+4EFbfetcCq5TC7+aM5uOcHqVw2AlEWvFKpel7YhpPuD0P4Tv N7vw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=igs8o35CTd+ysSMIRUnm6ZF1pKmPDsW+OowckUx5GDk=; b=lyDzbVmqxjNItgLhUESQCYJcuQj8l8gBQFI2kNxlcMoMZoJyNULL2dr5GSvXVU+tpC c10urkmkTHyLvLTmGDVUwP8zvRhHCFlvwxf50M7tD/bTBRs9XsZKk6qiYSnrPfPr/mA0 c0OAKLPW9jjmqPl+9s7MAvX9HKIE0oiu4ova5V9rV/4od7hDmIGdbFJrpARVRxRBvJ32 yjxMSyXdQCgAoZIMffkuG5vSEedtsHOI2GS3cnVxKEl2LbghkrJIjhKjleyqjMCqc1fN MGaUPTpq/HRPDRz9Qkmc9dkkCTQv8Ct/TfA7jqTdEKoWcH793wQBLCnz/r2w5nNj+/ci jBvQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvfJeBnyIPuFEl2KickMGX1KuzzpyT12GO1ulnHI89RbjEWGdUfixhCwfxF55Dr7DWFqVneJbDS2hIw2lg== X-Received: by 10.36.41.81 with SMTP id p78mr3565298itp.60.1479224608517; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:43:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.27.209 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:43:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Pranit Bauva Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:13:28 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: New to git, need help! To: Mayank Gupta Cc: Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hey Mayank, On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Mayank Gupta wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm new to open source and have recently joined this mailing list. > Since I'm new at this, I think I can initially contribute to the > community by fixing some small bugs or errors but as the documentation > is too large, I don't know where to start. > So if anybody could guide me on how to go about it, it would be really > appreciated. It is really nice that you want to start contributing. We have a user documentation[1] and a developer documentation[2]. To contribute to a feature, firstly you need to learn about that feature. So go through the man pages of the tool which you would want to work on. The things that you would be using are documented in the technical documentation. Apart from this, you can start hunting small errors but I think it would be difficult in the initial stages. So read this[3] even though it is specific for GSoC, it is helpful for any new developer. Also you can search the mailing list archives for "low hanging fruit" to get things which were thought of but not done or something like that. [1]: https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation [2]: https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation/technical [3]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2016-Microprojects/ Hope to see a patch from your side soon! :) Regards, Pranit Bauva