From 3d5fc07cfb6835d5928a1b3388dbbb5a2a61133e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silvan Mosberger Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 19:25:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING.md: Add intro --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 76f7cf5f4cc8..17f63d1868d6 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ # Contributing to Nixpkgs +This document is for people wanting to contribute to the implementation of Nixpkgs. +This involves interacting with implementation changes that are proposed using [GitHub](https://github.com/) [pull requests](https://docs.github.com/pull-requests) to the [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/) repository (which you're in right now). + +As such, a GitHub account is required, which you can sign up for [here](https://github.com/signup). +Additionally this document assumes that you already know how to use GitHub and Git. +If that's not the case, we recommend learning about it first [here](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/hello-world). + ## (Proposing a change) | Submitting changes Note: contributing implies licensing those contributions