As other said, just dive in. And if you're lucky to have your patch criticized and ripped to pieces, you'll learn a lot more from that than you would have if y

As other said, just dive in. And if you're lucky to have your patch criticized and ripped to pieces, you'll learn a lot more from that than you would have if you just work alone. And next time, you'll know to think better about how your code interacts with the rest of the project before submitting another patch. This will give you a lot of insight on how to work nicely with others, without stepping on each others' toes.