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MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help
With https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/ 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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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[[getting-help]]
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=== Getting Help
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If you get stuck, you can seek help in the following places.
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==== https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-mentoring[[email protected]]
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This mailing list is targeted to new contributors and is a great place to post
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questions and receive kind, detailed answers from volunteers on the Git
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project. You must join the group to view messages or post.
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==== https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Freenode
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This IRC channel is for conversations between Git contributors. If someone is
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currently online and knows the answer to your question, you can receive help
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in real time. Otherwise, you can read the
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https://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/git-devel[scrollback] to see
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whether someone answered you. IRC does not allow offline private messaging, so
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if you try to private message someone and then log out of IRC, they cannot
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respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you
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can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the
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conversation.
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This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version
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announcements, design discussions, and more take place. The Git list
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requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and bottom-posting when
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replying to mail; you will be CC'd in all replies to you. Optionally, you can
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subscribe to the list by sending an email to [email protected] with
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"subscribe git" in the body. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this
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mailing list is available to view in a browser.
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[[getting-started]]
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== Getting Started
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