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PATCH Superseded Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget 3 participants 7 messages Aug 19, 2025 – Aug 20, 2025 Documentation

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PATCH 1/1 doc: add discord to ways of getting help

From: Daniele Sassoli <[email protected]>

Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

The joining link was generated with a never expire policy.

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doc: add discord to ways of getting help

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2033%2FDanieleSassoli%2Fmaster-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2033/DanieleSassoli/master-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2033

 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +9 -0
index aca7212cfe2..0293a410289 100644
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you
 can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the
 conversation.
 
+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord
+This is the unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask
+questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.
+
+The server has channels for general discussions and specific channels for those
+who use Git and those who develop it. The server's search functionality also
+allows you to find previous conversations and answers to common questions.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 

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Quoted 6 lines · Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget

From: Daniele Sassoli <[email protected]>

Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

Good addition.

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The joining link was generated with a never expire policy.

Now we cannot take it back as the link is already in the list archive, even if we wanted to retract it? Then there is no extra harm done if I applied this patch to my tree and the documentation update becomes part of a release in the future ;-)

Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you · line 63

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+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord

Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +8 -0
+This is the unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask
+questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.
+
+The server has channels for general discussions and specific channels for those
+who use Git and those who develop it. The server's search functionality also
+allows you to find previous conversations and answers to common questions.
+

"the unofficial" -> "an unofficial", perhaps, as by definition an unofficial thing is not something the project _endorsed_ to be the one and only one?

Thanks.

Quoted 5 lines

[[getting-started]]
== Getting Started

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Quoted 6 lines · Junio C Hamano
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The joining link was generated with a never expire policy.

Now we cannot take it back as the link is already in the list archive, even if we wanted to retract it? Then there is no extra harm done if I applied this patch to my tree and the documentation update becomes part of a release in the future ;-)

It may be better to use the link already shared on
https://git-scm.com/community .

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+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord

Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +4 -0
+This is the unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask
+questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.
+
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Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you · line 63

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Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +4 -0
+The server has channels for general discussions and specific channels for those
+who use Git and those who develop it. The server's search functionality also
+allows you to find previous conversations and answers to common questions.
+

"the unofficial" -> "an unofficial", perhaps, as by definition an unofficial thing is not something the project _endorsed_ to be the one and only one?

+1 for that wording.

Collin

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PATCH v2 1/1 doc: add discord to ways of getting help

In reply to Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget

From: Daniele Sassoli <[email protected]>

Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

The link is the same as the one at https://git-scm.com/community.

---
doc: add discord to ways of getting help

cc Collin Funk [email protected]

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2033%2FDanieleSassoli%2Fmaster-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2033/DanieleSassoli/master-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2033

Range-diff vs v1:

1: 922c291fc5b ! 1: ed4fef87be7 doc: add discord to ways of getting help
@@ Commit message

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

- The joining link was generated with a never expire policy.
+ The link is the same as the one at https://git-scm.com/community.

@@ Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc: respond to you. It's better to ask your
conversation.

+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord
-+This is the unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just ++This is an unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask +questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time. +

 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +9 -0
index aca7212cfe2..35f18ab9f7e 100644
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you
 can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the
 conversation.
 
+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord
+This is an unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask
+questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.
+
+The server has channels for general discussions and specific channels for those
+who use Git and those who develop it. The server's search functionality also
+allows you to find previous conversations and answers to common questions.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 

base-commit: c44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0

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Quoted 7 lines · Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget

From: Daniele Sassoli <[email protected]>

Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

Quoted 8 lines

The link is the same as the one at https://git-scm.com/community.

---

+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord
-+This is the unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just ++This is an unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just

Forgot to commit the update of the link? Shall I amend it to point at

https://discord.gg/GRFVkzgxRd

locally?

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+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask +questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time. +

 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +9 -0
index aca7212cfe2..35f18ab9f7e 100644
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you
 can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the
 conversation.
 
+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord
+This is an unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask
+questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.
+
+The server has channels for general discussions and specific channels for those
+who use Git and those who develop it. The server's search functionality also
+allows you to find previous conversations and answers to common questions.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 

base-commit: c44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0

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PATCH v3 1/1 doc: add discord to ways of getting help

In reply to Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget

From: Daniele Sassoli <[email protected]>

Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

The link is the same as the one at https://git-scm.com/community.

---
doc: add discord to ways of getting help

cc Collin Funk [email protected]

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2033%2FDanieleSassoli%2Fmaster-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2033/DanieleSassoli/master-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2033

Range-diff vs v2:

1: ed4fef87be7 ! 1: 499a5b0c48d doc: add discord to ways of getting help
@@ Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc: respond to you. It's better to ask your
can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the conversation.

-+==== https://discord.gg/dxGanGcBSP[#discord] on Discord
++==== https://discord.gg/GRFVkzgxRd[#discord] on Discord
+This is an unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just +starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask +questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.

 Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc +9 -0
index aca7212cfe2..d786176bba2 100644
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ respond to you. It's better to ask your questions in the channel so that you
 can be answered if you disconnect and so that others can learn from the
 conversation.
 
+==== https://discord.gg/GRFVkzgxRd[#discord] on Discord
+This is an unofficial Git Discord server for everyone, from people just
+starting out with Git to those who develop it. It's a great place to ask
+questions, share tips, and connect with the broader Git community in real time.
+
+The server has channels for general discussions and specific channels for those
+who use Git and those who develop it. The server's search functionality also
+allows you to find previous conversations and answers to common questions.
+
 [[getting-started]]
 == Getting Started
 

base-commit: c44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0

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Quoted 7 lines · Daniele Sassoli via GitGitGadget

From: Daniele Sassoli <[email protected]>

Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.

Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.

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The link is the same as the one at https://git-scm.com/community.

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doc: add discord to ways of getting help

cc Collin Funk [email protected]

This matches the result of my local fixup (you could have just said YesPlease when I said that I'll locally fix-up). Will replace.

Thanks.