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authorLibravatar Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>2020-02-13 18:03:59 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-02-14 09:36:56 -0800
commita2dc43414c2ab480a923b1f8afdb61e005e97ef6 (patch)
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parentMyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help (diff)
downloadtgif-a2dc43414c2ab480a923b1f8afdb61e005e97ef6.tar.xz
MyFirstContribution: rephrase contact info
Make an effort not to discourage new users from mailing questions to git@vger.kernel.org, and explain the purpose of the mentoring list in contrast to the main list. Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt29
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index 522c75099d..427274df4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -28,11 +28,24 @@ useful additional context:
If you get stuck, you can seek help in the following places.
+==== git@vger.kernel.org
+
+This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version
+announcements, design discussions, and more take place. Those interested in
+contributing are welcome to post questions 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. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this mailing list is
+available to view in a browser.
+
==== 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.
+This mailing list is targeted to new contributors and was created as a place to
+post questions and receive answers outside of the public eye of the main list.
+Veteran contributors who are especially interested in helping mentor newcomers
+are present on the list. In order to avoid search indexers, group membership is
+required to view messages; anyone can join and no approval is required.
==== https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Freenode
@@ -46,16 +59,6 @@ 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.
-==== git@vger.kernel.org
-
-This is the main Git project mailing list where code reviews, version
-announcements, design discussions, and more take place. 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. The https://lore.kernel.org/git[archive] of this
-mailing list is available to view in a browser.
-
[[getting-started]]
== Getting Started