On 03/10/2019 21:35, Emily Shaffer wrote:
Hi George, it sounds like you are probably using Git for Windows
(https://github.com/git-for-windows/git).
I'm actually not very familiar with how folks who primarily use GfW as
their client manage their contributions to the main Git project.
However, I know there are plenty - the GfW maintainer is an active
contributor upstream.
I'm CCing the Git mailing list as well as the GfW maintainer in the
hopes that you can get some help from somebody who regularly uses the
workflow you're trying to achieve. :)
Unfortunately I use Linux everywhere and so I can't try to replicate
what you're doing - but once you have a good workflow and are able to
finish the My First Contribution tutorial we should still be able to
work together.
Can you be specific about which "official website" you downloaded Git
from (share a URL), and paste the command you run and error message
you receive? Please also share the output you see when you run "uname
-a" in Git Bash.
Hi,
The top level domain would be https://gitforwindows.org/
The download button should give the same pure run-time as the git-scm
website.
However for this case you should go via the "Contribute" button to get
the full Windows SDK that will provide all those missing items for a
reasonable compile experience (including 'make' !). The SDK and the
regular 'Program Files' Git are independent so can both be used.
I tend to develop on to of the patched Windows version of git, and
usually there is enough separation that the patches transfer direct to
the Linux upstream.
HTHs
Philip
- Emily
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:40 PM gespinoz gespinoz
<gespinoz2...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
Great! Thanks for the tips Emily! This mentor and internship program sounds
awesome which is why I decided to apply. I’ll look through it to see if there’s
a specific micro project available later on today and run it through you.
I am having one slight issue, I’m not sure why I can’t use the “make” command
to run Makefile, I’ve done it at school in the past so I was a bit familiar
with Makefile and how it helps compile things. This is what I did. I downloaded
git from the official git website, installed it, then I found the repository
link and I cloned it in the git bash client to my desktop. I’m using windows at
home but at school I used an iMac and when I cloned repositories I used iTerm
and pushed to git within iTerm. I’m guessing the git bash is similar since I
was able to open and edit files using vim commands similar in iTerm when I was
going through the walkthrough. So now I’m stuck on the “make” step to see if I
added the psuh feature in correctly. I also noticed when I looked at the
INSTALL page on github it made it seem like maybe installing it through the
website wasn’t the right idea? Maybe that’s why I can’t use make? I also can’t
use man correctly. For both I get bash command does not exist. Should I install
something similar to iTerm instead on windows and just start fresh? ty.
George!
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:14 AM Emily Shaffer <emilyshaf...@google.com> wrote:
Hi George,
Great to hear that you're walking through the MyFirstContribution
tutorial - that's a great introduction to how the Git project gets
stuff done.
This is my first time mentoring for Outreachy, but as I understand it,
you will start by doing a microproject so everybody can see if you are
a good fit for the project. The community discussed the list of
microprojects for applicants to try in this mailing list thread:
https://public-inbox.org/git/20190916184208.gb17...@google.com/
I don't think you need to wade through the replies on that thread to
determine whether the microproject you are interested in is available,
although you're certainly welcome to. You can also ask me if you see a
microproject you are interested in and I will be happy to help
summarize it and point you in the right direction :)
It is also probably a good idea for you to search that mailing list
archive for "[Outreachy]" so you can see what Outreachy interns have
done in the past and try to emulate how they submitted finished
microprojects.
The tutorial you said you're reading covers how to send your
contributions for review when you're done, but if you find you're
having trouble or want someone to check that you've formatted it
right, you can let me know!
- Emily
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 9:55 PM gespinoz gespinoz <gespinoz2...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Emily,
How are you? My name is George Espinoza and I am one of the applicants in the
Outreachy internship program. I hope you are doing well! I wanted to introduce
myself and connect as I am interested in the Git open source project that you
are mentoring. I'm currently creating my work environment and tinkering with
the git program while doing the myfirstcontribution walk-through. I have had a
bit of experience using git for a school i attended over the summer that used
it for clone and pushing repositories. We worked with iTerm and I learned how
to use vim as well. I know some basics, in no way a master yet/ I hope to learn
more as I progress in making contributions!
After I set up my environment I will join the IRC channel and introduce myself
in the project's public chat and go from there searching how and what I should
first contribute. I'll also join the mailing list. If you have any tips or
advice that would be great! I'm looking forward to working with you and
learning more about Open Source Projects! Thank you.
sincerely,
George Espinoza
