Re: [PATCH v2] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Emily,

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Emily Shaffer wrote:

> With https://public-inbox.org/git/20191114194708.GD60198@google.com/ we
> now have a mentoring mailing list, to which we should direct new
> contributors who have questions.
>
> Since #git-devel's traffic is fairly low, it should be OK to direct some
> questions there too. 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, it's possible that no response is found on either forum,
> so list the main mailing list as a fallback and mention some of the
> conventions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
> ---

Looks good to me.

Thanks!
Dscho

>
> Reworded the Git mailing list blurb per Denton's recommendation.
>
>  Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
> index 5e9b808f5f..90f45b387a 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.
> +
> +==== 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.
> +
>  [[getting-started]]
>  == Getting Started
>
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>
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