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Johannes Schindelin
828197de8f docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen
As of "What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2020, #04; Mon, 22)", there is no
longer any `pu` branch, but a `seen` branch.

While we technically do not even need to update the manual pages, it
makes sense to update them because they clearly talk about branches in
git.git.

Please note that in two instances, this patch not only updates the
branch name, but also the description "(proposed updates)".

Where appropriate, quotes have been added for readability.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
Emily Shaffer
a2dc43414c 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>
2020-02-14 09:36:56 -08:00
Emily Shaffer
4bb4fd4290 MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help
With https://lore.kernel.org/git/20191114194708.GD60198@google.com/ 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 <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-01-24 14:05:42 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
3b3d9ea6a8 Merge branch 'jk/lore-is-the-archive'
Doc update for the mailing list archiving and nntp service.

* jk/lore-is-the-archive:
  doc: replace public-inbox links with lore.kernel.org
  doc: recommend lore.kernel.org over public-inbox.org
2019-12-06 15:09:23 -08:00
Jeff King
46c67492aa doc: recommend lore.kernel.org over public-inbox.org
Since lore.kernel.org now has the same archive as public-inbox.org and
may have more longevity going forward[1], let's recommend people use it
for finding or referencing messages.

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20191120195556.GA25189@dcvr/
      or if you like:
    https://lore.kernel.org/git/20191120195556.GA25189@dcvr/

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Acked-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-11-30 09:12:04 -08:00
Emily Shaffer
3c8d754c4b myfirstcontrib: hint to find gitgitgadget allower
GitGitGadget, a handy tool for converting pull requests against Git into
Git-mailing-list-friendly-patch-emails, requires as anti-spam that all
new users be "/allow"ed by an existing user once before it will do
anything for that new user. While this tutorial explained that
mechanism, it did not give much hint on how to go about finding someone
to allow your new pull request. So, teach our new GitGitGadget user
where to look for someone who can add their name to the list.

The advice in this patch is based on the advice proposed for
GitGitGadget: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/gitgitgadget/pull/138

Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-11-02 15:24:00 +09:00
Emily Shaffer
3ada78de3f myfirstcontrib: add dependency installation step
Indicate that the user needs some dependencies before the build will run
happily on their machine; this dependency list doesn't seem to be made
clear anywhere else in the project documentation. Then, so the user can
be certain any build failures are due to their code and not their
environment, perform a build on a clean checkout of 'master'. Also, move
the note about build parallelization up here, so that it appears next to
the very first build invocation in the tutorial.

Reported-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-11-02 15:23:59 +09:00
Emily Shaffer
4ed5562925 myfirstcontrib: add 'psuh' to command-list.txt
Users can discover commands and their brief usage by running 'git help
git' or 'git help -a'; both of these pages list all available commands
based on the contents of 'command-list.txt'. That means adding a new
command there is an important part of the new command process, and
therefore belongs in the new command tutorial.

Teach new users how to add their command, and include a brief overview
of how to discover which attributes to place on the command in the list.

Since 'git psuh' prints some workspace info, doesn't modify anything,
and is targeted as a user-facing porcelain command, list it as a
'mainporcelain' and 'info' command.

As the usage string is required to generate this documentation, don't
add the command to the list until after the usage string is added to the
tutorial.

Reported-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-11-02 15:23:59 +09:00
Pedro Sousa
24c681794f doc: MyFirstContribution: fix cmd placement instructions
Using the pull command instead of push is more accurate when giving
instructions on placing the psuh command in alphabetical order.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Sousa <pedroteosousa@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-09-28 12:27:38 +09:00
Christian Couder
b37e0ec32b doc: improve usage string in MyFirstContribution
We implement a command called git-psuh which accept arguments, so let's
show that it accepts arguments in the doc and the usage string.

While at it, we need to prepare "a NULL-terminated array of usage strings",
not just "a NULL-terminated usage string".

Helped-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-06-24 10:55:38 -07:00
Emily Shaffer
2656fb16dd doc: add some nit fixes to MyFirstContribution
A trial run-through of the tutorial revealed a few typos and missing
commands in the tutorial itself. This commit fixes typos, clarifies
which lines to keep or modify in some places, and adds a section on
putting the git-psuh binary into the gitignore.

Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-05-29 14:07:35 -07:00
Emily Shaffer
5ef811ac5d documentation: add anchors to MyFirstContribution
During the course of review for MyFirstContribution.txt, the suggestion
came up to include anchors to make it easier for veteran contributors to
link specific sections of this documents to newbies. To make life easier
for reviewers, add these anchors in their own commit. See review context
here: https://public-inbox.org/git/20190507195938.GD220818@google.com/

AsciiDoc does not support :sectanchors: and the anchors are not
discoverable, but they are referenceable. So a link to
"foo.com/MyFirstContribution.html#prerequisites" will still work if that
file was generated with AsciiDoc. The inclusion of :sectanchors: does
not create warnings or errors while compiling directly with `asciidoc -b
html5 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt` or while compiling with
`make doc`.

AsciiDoctor does support :sectanchors: and displays a paragraph link on
mouseover. When the anchor is included above or inline with a section
(as in this change), the link provided points to the custom ID contained
within [[]] instead of to an autogenerated ID. Practically speaking,
this means we have .../MyFirstContribution.html#summary instead of
.../MyFirstContribution.html#_summary. In addition to being prettier,
the custom IDs also enable anchor linking to work with
asciidoc-generated pages. This change compiles with no warnings using
`asciidoctor -b html5 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt`.

Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-05-19 11:01:24 +09:00
Emily Shaffer
76644e3268 documentation: add tutorial for first contribution
This tutorial covers how to add a new command to Git and, in the
process, everything from cloning git/git to getting reviewed on the
mailing list. It's meant for new contributors to go through
interactively, learning the techniques generally used by the git/git
development community.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-05-19 11:01:23 +09:00