On 1/29/2022 1:19 PM, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > On 27/01/22 8:09 pm, Derrick Stolee wrote: >> On 1/26/2022 1:29 PM, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: >>> If we are interested in participating we need: >>> >>> - Volunteers who are wiling to act as mentors. I would be >>> willing to be volunteer myself as a mentor for one student. >>> - Microprojects: I believe we could repurpose the Outreachy >>> microproject ideas[2] for GSoC too. If others have suggestions >>> for microproject ideas, please share them. >>> >>> - Project ideas: There are two mentioned in SoC-2021-Ideas[3] >>> but both were picked by GSoC students the previous year. So, >>> we would need new ones this year. >> >> One project that could be interesting for GSoC (and the timing >> should work out) is to complete the sparse index integrations for >> some of the less critical commands. Some examples include 'git mv' >> and 'git rm', I think. >> >> This of course depends on some ongoing work to integrate more of >> the critical commands that we implemented early in microsoft/git, >> such as Victoria's current series which is leading to a 'git stash' >> integration and a series I have waiting in the wings for a 'git >> sparse-checkout' integration. >> >> However, I think we have a decent paved-path for a new contributor >> to jump in and get started on the remaining commands. The granularity >> means that the project has multiple milestones that can be hit >> without an all-in-one series. >> > > Sounds good. > > As I mentioned up thread, you could feel free to share the project > description here or open a PR by adding it directly to this document: > > https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/SoC-2022-Ideas.md > > (note: currently returns a 404; it should work when the > related PR [pr-1] is merged) > > Just to be sure, would you be willing to mentor in case a student > picks this project? Victoria Dye and I are willing to co-mentor if a student picks this project. I'll make a PR that adds a description to the linked doc soon. Thanks, -Stolee
