Heya, On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 20:58, Rohan Dhruva <rohandhruva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am a student from India. I am very interested in taking part in GSoC > 2009, working under git project mentors. However, I am completely new > to git, I have never used it in the past. I have used svn, but only > for downloading source code, never to manage my own code. I am very > interested in open source in general, and I have been using Linux from > 5-6 years. I was in a similar situation myself when I decided to apply for Git as a GSoC student last year, your description makes me wonder "why git" though, any particular reason? > That being said, I have knowledge of C/C++ what was taught to me in > school and college. I realize that my qualifications as such are not > very impressive, and hence I wish to start with a smaller project. I > read on the http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/SoC2009Ideas page that a > "jump-in" project might be the "Restartable Clones" proposal. Seeing > my capabilities, I would like to know whether I am "fit" to undertake > work on that project? I promise to put in a lot of hard work to learn > git, and it's source code. However, I would also require a bit of > hand-holding, at least initially, to get me through. Almost all students require such handholding, that's what the mentors are for ;). > I am very interested to know the opinion of all prospective mentors on > this issue. Thank you very much, and I do hope I am useful to the git > community. Showing your face early and asking around is a good thing to do as prospective student, good luck :). > PS: Please CC me, as I am not subscribed to the list. Thanks. I'd say, step one in your path to being a GSoC student with git would be to subscribe to the mailing list. Read the "A note from the maintainer" mails Junio sends out, as well as his "What's cooking" mails. Do some research on the topic you are interested in (e.g., search gmane.org's git archive for discussions on the topic, etc). You might also want to hang out in #git on irc.freenode.net and get to know people there. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
