Hi Sverre, On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? > I have developed a particular interest in SCMs lately. Git is a widely used SCM. Also, this project would require knowledge of C, and not some other language which I am not familiar with. Seeing that you were a student yourself, can you please give me some tips? Any things for me to keep in mind? >> 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 :). > Thanks, I am encouraged :-) >> 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. > I will join the mailing list soon, thanks :) Cheers, -- Rohan Dhruva -- 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
