{"thread":{"id":"64893","subject":"[Newcomer] [GSOC 2026] Introduction","startedAt":"2026-02-01T06:28:31Z","lastAt":"2026-02-01T06:28:31Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["soutrik das"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"534937","messageId":"CAPHqhPmfK6hq6bV4pUsY6hCdVjUb+eR8=LcKKeJxNbaWsjO6Og@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"64893","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[Newcomer] [GSOC 2026] Introduction","fromName":"soutrik das","fromEmail":"valusoutrik@gmail.com","sentAt":"2026-02-01T06:28:17Z","receivedAt":"2026-02-01T06:28:31Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"valusoutrik@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56778179?v=4"},"body":"Hi everyone.\n\nMy name is Soutrik Das. I am doing Mtech in AI from IIT Bhubaneswar , India.\nI want to try and submit a microproject and see if I can even contribute to git.\nThe last few days I have been reading the pages in\nhttps://git.github.io/GSoC-Participants/ . And I understood the\ngeneral flow that I have to Introduce myself -> Make git from scratch\n-> Understand and then try to do a small patch which would be a hello\nworld for me. -> Then I would send my application and the community\nwould help me refine it.\n\nBut I am a bit lost on the First Patch / microproject thing. I am\nreading the HackingGit page for now.\n\n\nNice to Meet you,\nSoutrik\n"}]}