Re: [Outreachy] First contribution

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El lun., 21 oct. 2019 a las 20:35, Emily Shaffer
(<emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:39:16PM +0200, Miriam R. wrote:
> > Dear Git developers,
> > I’m an Outreachy applicant, I would like to make my contribution to
> > apply to this Outreachy internship period.
>
> Welcome, Miriam! Good to hear from you.
>
> >
> > I have found this issue tagged as open and goodfirstissue:
> > https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/230
> >
> > But there is a PR from 4 months ago:
> > https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/271  and I don't know how to
> > find out if a patch including that change already exists or if it
> > makes sense to do it.
>
> GitGitGadget exists to repackage PRs (which Git project doesn't use)
> into emailed patches (which Git project does use) when the author writes
> /submit on the PR comment chain. In that PR I see Johannes asking for a
> /submit, but no submit; next I would check if a patch with the same
> title came through in the mailing list by searching on the
> public-inbox.org mirror:
>
> https://public-inbox.org/git/?q=is_directory+dir_exists
>
> Looks like, no, a patch with those hotwords wasn't mailed. Finally, I
> would check the project to see if it's still an issue:
>
>   $ cd my-git-dir/
>   $ git grep is_directory
>
> I still see 30 instances of is_directory in the codebase, so looks like
> we haven't made this change. :)
>

Thank you Emily!! Then I'll do this issue #230 :)

> >
> > In case this issue is not suitable for my first contribution,  I have
> > also found this:
> > https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/379
>
> This is also a fine change if you want to make it.
>
> Good luck, and remember it's fine to ask the mentor for the project you
> ultimately want to help on for help, code review in advance, etc.

Thank you for the advice!, I'm already in touch with Christian Couder.

Best,
Miriam

>
>  - Emily




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