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Problem
As a (semi-hypothetical) hopeful contributor new to the codebase, I would like to be able to add features (or work on them).
Unfortunately, learning where to make changes requires talking to people or reading a lot of code:
HACKING.mdpoints atbuilding.md, which is great but doesn't really give a rough map.CONTRIBUTING.mdis good for basic workflows, but doesn't really provide
Proposal
Under the maintainers directory, we have a file (HITCHHIKERS_GUIDE.md or somesuch) that gives rough locations for things that people might want to hack on ("Want to add a primop? Go here and add it, and got here and add tests.", "Want to debug how a command-line flag is handled? Go here"), etc.
Does that seem doable? Sort of a foraging guide for contributors.
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- checked latest Determinate Nix manual (source)
- checked open bug issues and pull requests for possible duplicates
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