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diff --git a/doc/contribute.mdwn b/doc/contribute.mdwn index bc087348d..08b7bb473 100644 --- a/doc/contribute.mdwn +++ b/doc/contribute.mdwn @@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ This website is a wiki, so you can edit and improve any page. Or, write a [[new_tip|tips]] explaining how to accomplish something with git-annex. +## advanced wiki editing + +To make larger changes to the website, you can +`git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ git-annex` and will find the +whole website source in `doc/`. + +You can even `git push` doc-only changes back without authentication, +since it is a wiki! + ## bug triage People often file [[bugs]] on git-annex that are easily resolved by helping @@ -35,5 +44,17 @@ You could work to improve the Android port (Java etc) or improve the Javascript and CSS of the git-annex webapp, or work on porting libraries needed by the Windows port. -To send patches, either include the patch in a bug report (small patch) -or put up a branch in a git repository containing your changes. +To send patches, either include the patch in a [[bug|bugs]] report (small +patch) or put up a branch in a git repository containing your changes. + +## learning some Haskell + +Want to learn some Haskell to get hacking on git-annex? + +As Haskell programs go, git-annex does not use too many advanced features. +[Learn You A Haskell](http://learnyouahaskell.com/) will teach you enough +to get started. + +Of course git-annex does use monads, and particularly the `Annex``monad +which gives access to its state about the git repository as well as +lower-level IO. |