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* [PATCH] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help
@ 2019-11-15 21:53 Emily Shaffer
  2019-11-15 22:05 ` Denton Liu
  2019-11-15 23:06 ` [PATCH v2] " Emily Shaffer
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 44+ messages in thread
From: Emily Shaffer @ 2019-11-15 21:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git; +Cc: Emily Shaffer

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>
---
 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index 5e9b808f5f..9fe197c98e 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,38 @@ 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. You can join by
+sending an email to majordomo@vger.kernel.org with "subscribe git" in the body.
+The Git list requires plain-text-only emails and prefers inline and
+bottom-posting when replying to mail.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 
-- 
2.24.0.432.g9d3f5f5b63-goog


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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         ` [PATCH v7] " Emily Shaffer
2020-01-24 21:56           ` 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

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