[OH-Dev] Some thoughts

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Hello,

Thanks for emailing us.  The steps for forking the project are shown on the
wiki page, but the documentation currently links to a part of the page
where they aren't shown (
https://openhatch.org/wiki/Git_Basics#Create_pull_request instead of
https://openhatch.org/wiki/Git_Basics#To_fork_a_project_on_Github).  I'm
sorry that confusion caused a problem with you, and happy someone in
#openhatch was able to help you out!

I think you're right that we could do better at linking to better
instructions.  Would you mind filing a bug so we can remember to fix this?
 To do so, go here: http://openhatch.org/bugs/.  You'll need to create an
account on openhatch.org if you haven't got one already.  Then go to the
lefthand sidebar, look under issues, and click 'create new'.  In the
"change note" box you can describe how the documentation could be improved
to better help people.

In terms of how to find new bugs to work on, or whether to stick with a
single project, everyone is different.  Some people like to try a lot of
different projects, others focus on learning just one.  As you say, one has
to set up new dev environments for new projects.  If that's something you
don't like doing, it might make sense for you to focus on a single project
for a while.

best
Shauna


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:35 PM, aaron.chock <aaron.chock at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I was kind of pumped up to get into an opensource project for 2014.
> So I was assigned a bug and tried to fix this and that was pretty cool.
> Now I still do want to help but it gets kind of frustrating.
> Here is the thing I do follow your instructions on the Getting started wiki
> once I get here
> http://openhatch.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started/handling_contributions.html
>
> I followed the instructions and the local dev worked. But then I thought I
> was pointing to the mainline project on github. Now the other day I borked
> my repository and had to look for help. I cant remember his name but he was
> pretty nice in helping me out with this.
>
> I have never used git before and the steps to fork this are not shown in
> the wiki page. To some this might be trivial but to others this is
> something new.
>
> I mean the instructions dont need to have pictures but it be great to know
> if I am doing the right procedure.
>
> So lets say I want to help out on another bug. I looked for bitesized bugs
> but there is like different proyects on the list. Do I install new local
> dev environments for lets say oauth, I2P, Mifos etc or do n00bs stay on
> just one project? If there is documentation for this please forgive me for
> my rant. But it is not so obvious for me.
>
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