Contributing to AOSP

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Process uses repo to fetch many git repos, then repo sync/start/upload to create branches, run hooks, and push commits; pre-submit checks enforce Change-Id, commit message test stanzas and style rules; builds use a heavy build on server task and create archive to test artifacts locally. Code review runs in Gerrit; a lightweight web editor at cs.android.com and GitHub PRs for Room and WorkManager are mirrored into AOSP via copybara. External contributor count stands at 48, up from 30.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 7:24Repo manifest
3. 11:05Gradle: Build and Test changes Jetpack uses Gradle to build
4. 17:04Android Code Search
5. 19:50Writing good commit messages

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