Get Started

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Welcome to the Get Started section. This page will guide you through the steps to get setup for contributing and working in our software framework.

1. Join GitHub: https://github.com/eic
   • GitHub serves as a central platform for version control, code review, issue tracking, and documentation. We maintain the EIC organization on GitHub for collaborative development of all software related to the EIC.
   • Read Access: Contact eic-software-l-request@lists.bnl.gov from your institutional email address. Include in your email your GitHub username and confirmation of whether you or your sponsor/advisor is a member of the EICUG or ePIC.
   • Write Access: For access to specific repositories, you can request to join various GitHub teams. For example, join ‘EPIC Devs’ for software development within the ePIC collaboration.
2. Join Mattermost: https://chat.epic-eic.org/
   • We use Mattermost for our main communication channel.
   • You can join by emailing any group member to be added.
3. Sign up for our mailing lists:
   • Collaboration mailing list (subscribe here): eic-projdet-collab-l@lists.bnl.gov
   • Software mailing list (subscribe here): eic-projdet-compsw-l@lists.bnl.gov
4. Join a project! Checkout the ePIC wiki to get involved:
   • Physics Working Group
   • Detector Subsystems
   • Software Working Group
5. Refer back to the landing page to checkout HEP Software and ePIC tutorials