Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2026-02-04

Re: [Newcomer] Question about inconsistencies in MyFirstContribution.adoc

From: Shreyansh Paliwal <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-04 11:13:53

Hi everyone,
Newcomer here, while going through the MyFirstContribution.adoc I
noticed some small inconsistencies , which might not be a problem to
anyone really, but since I was doubtful I am writing here.
quoted
Add a line to #include "config.h" and #include"repository.h". Then, add the following bits to the function body: function body
And then the tutorial uses `git_default_config` , which I am assuming
used to be in `config.h` but now it's in `environment.h`.
Yes this is a valid inconsistency, but this is fixed in a recent patch [1].
It is currently in the next branch.
Another small thing was
quoted
There are a number of single-key lookup functions like this one; you can see them all (and more info about how to use repo_config()) in Documentation/technical/api-config.adoc
But There is no api-config.adoc in ./Documentation/technical

I couldn't find any other place where the repo_config() was explained
, Inside the Documentation folder it has been mentioned in 4 files
- MyFirstContribution.adoc : excluding this
- MyFirstObjectWalk.adoc : excluding this as well
- user-manual.adoc : used to explain what `builtin/cat-file.c` was doing
- 2.50.0.adoc : is about a release ?
So I assume the thing that the tutorial refers to is currently not present ?

While writing this mail , I checked two previous Patch mails:
One was about a patch by Arnav Kapoor (
https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1972.git.git.1748005233977.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/ (local)
) another one was probably about rejecting this patch ? And then
From this ( https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8qmso59i.fsf@gitster.g/#t (local)
) I am assuming repo-config used to be called git-config , but a
search on git-config shows up too many matches , and I think i should
stop here and ask for advice.
Actually the documentation for repo_config was shifted to config.h,
to make it easier, see patch [2].

You can replace 'Documentation/technical/api-config.adoc' with 'config.h'.
I believe this won't count as a microproject for gsoc , but
nonetheless, it may or may not help newcomers.
Is this a possible patch ?
Every change, even if it is a small documentation change is an improvement,
but I would suggest apart from this doc change you can look into [3]
for some more microproject ideas.

Best,
Shreyansh

[1]- https://lore.kernel.org/git/20260112195625.391821-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com/ (local)
[2]- https://github.com/git/git/commit/6c96630cb0900446f7069f64d3d58bac539c0a58
[3]- https://git.github.io/SoC-2025-Microprojects/
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