• AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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      Something that I’m disproportionately proud of is that my contributions to open source software are a few minor documentation improvements. One of those times, the docs were wrong and it took me ages to figure out how to do the thing I was trying to do. After I solved it, I was annoyed at the documentation being wrong, and fixed it before submitting a pull request.

      I’ve not yet made any code contributions to open source, but there have been a few people on Lemmy who helped me to realise I shouldn’t diminish my contribution because good documentation is essential, but often neglected.

      • pyrflie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 hours ago

        Tell that to Linus.

        Shit needs syntax and documentation.

        Anything submitted needs to be reviewed before merge/push. Syntax and Documentation rejections don’t result in errors. Get your shit right first. You are trading on someone else’s rep with this.

        If you want to push your own code do it with a separate pull. If you want it merged that carries responsibility to the person carrying it.