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Lars Schneider0b1bb0c2017-06-13 10:18:07 +02001## Contributing to Git
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3Thanks for taking the time to contribute to Git! Please be advised that the
4Git community does not use github.com for their contributions. Instead, we use
5a mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org) for code submissions, code
6reviews, and bug reports.
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Jeff Kingc3a7dd72019-03-12 17:32:46 -04008Nevertheless, you can use [GitGitGadget](https://gitgitgadget.github.io/) to
Lars Schneider0b1bb0c2017-06-13 10:18:07 +02009conveniently send your Pull Requests commits to our mailing list.
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11Please read ["A note from the maintainer"](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/plain/MaintNotes?h=todo)
12to learn how the Git project is managed, and how you can work with it.
13In addition, we highly recommend you to read [our submission guidelines](../Documentation/SubmittingPatches).
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15If you prefer video, then [this talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7i_qQW__q4&feature=youtu.be&t=6m4s)
16might be useful to you as the presenter walks you through the contribution
17process by example.
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Emily Shafferb75a2192020-06-08 14:11:32 -070019Or, you can follow the ["My First Contribution"](https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution)
20tutorial for another example of the contribution process.
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Lars Schneider0b1bb0c2017-06-13 10:18:07 +020022Your friendly Git community!