From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C70C433E0 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 01:38:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C06F65009 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 01:38:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229517AbhCEBiN (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2021 20:38:13 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38512 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229458AbhCEBiN (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2021 20:38:13 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-xd35.google.com (mail-io1-xd35.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d35]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20D05C061574 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 17:38:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-io1-xd35.google.com with SMTP id z13so283514iox.8 for ; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:38:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=graphe-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=3qveDTac6kwZd0hvcOyc2nWz56K4w1EWOmsWj+BCiP8=; b=L4uwowgX4Uew/KAqpnd/o6HuxULy3NA4SDrm1QhrzEX2TaOoJReApi+YhlX8NQyoEn 7/9QXACSScyJ4JVENaqxcquX63b51LRmBRmosrC1mq4bKV2tsG3X7W1KkW2dH9Kfn5Uc XaipxHVOgQTwuFrnpHkS05HdBbKQp4gPZC8YUHkgHx9/5NEy7rIh9GGTccrFd+Z/DT8B ugmd7ALKFO4LGLQXITxpF6ziuBrKSsK/6Ny+SDk4AmWCd/UR3VQxljqOzHbOVYPTuZ5/ 2sjLyw44fjj/LbEHwIRIHOiraPSRiGVkMzmtJmrZUVmQmf1FkxlKxDQq340RP+jMR2ur tF/A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=3qveDTac6kwZd0hvcOyc2nWz56K4w1EWOmsWj+BCiP8=; b=G0HYjc+0pGtyJwKcKuRJrDkUxeJv404qOTV9W43XZ7Q3ONpkQo0XVmpfUwwQ/BBgsH 4s0SMm7aq7mZnWsGdmfiWj0ATicPzRzUEmHXrcuIubfMR6muVmOSL+FUsFPVlMatSVgt t9WsjUPG2sosQOwLOcA5cMtFNvAW+3Vi8vZGyPqNRi62+i5b1JRoXVvAfgt6CgR5L2ih ZV7sqvDYf6f248ypM8JvZ9zgaIgbMkGw7yEkPjtmTsRNgEqHYKKCoF1XyGpVYPPRgCZ/ FyT/F5mCYikH+feLpA4+G7S3uJZxzNjiwmvOCpOmM0RIA6pumkALIBYv7WGw+x/o3AHA VdiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531N/eJiUZKgVQR/E35CafnGXnKza4bKG8TN1Zg5ENxuC6B/Kt0S EIU+KEN1G9YtuLbzFqThGMTiyeUUv+ZbztGsGlXdJzAFM5l9dA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyzQgTxthTHgh8rs9k8TIVxugqctQb+Se0FxaP7pv/d8N6fq7PQ2vRp7hELs9zL/BCeD8oyKJ4Z0BKTmD/Mz+k= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6638:1a6:: with SMTP id b6mr7203722jaq.116.1614908292009; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:38:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Dominik Lameter Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:38:01 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Found error in documentation, looking for advice on how to start contributing To: Emily Shaffer Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, git-mentoring@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Awesome, thanks! I'll go through that link. On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 6:31 PM Emily Shaffer wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 06:04:01PM -0600, Dominik Lameter wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > Hi and welcome! > > > > > I don't know if this is the place for this question, let me know if I > > should send it elsewhere. > > > > I was reading a portion of the documentation today and found a > > paragraph out of place in my local documentation, as well as on > > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log and in the git/git GitHub repository. > > I have never contributed to an open source project before and I think > > this would be a simple place to start. I've read through the readme > > and Documentation/SubmittingPatches document, however with the > > https://github.com/git/git repository being publish only, what git > > repository do I base my changes on for documentation patches? > > I think the My First Contribution guide can help you, especially if you > start from here: > https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution#add-documentation > > (The rest of the guide before that anchor may also be useful to you, but > not specifically for a documentation change.) > > This is definitely the right list, so do write back if you have > questions that aren't answered by that guide. > > - Emily