From: Raghul Nanth Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:10:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] describe: enable sparse index for describe Message-ID: <945ec6f2-8370-0d99-0537-a3724eefde3f@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8cb2b7a2-78f2-9221-1234-62814557d2d3@github.com> On 3/29/23 23:19, Victoria Dye wrote: > Raghul Nanth A via GitGitGadget wrote: >> From: Raghul Nanth A > > Hello! Thanks for working on this patch, it's always nice to get more sparse > index support. Since this is your first contribution to the mailing list, > though, it's unclear to me whether you're working on this as an independent > contributor or if you're interested in the Google Summer of Code project > "More Sparse Index Integrations" [1]. If you're doing this for GSoC, could > you please prefix the title of this patch with "[GSoC]" (as noted in the > application details [2])? > > On the topic of GSoC applications - if you are submitting this for GSoC, I'm > a bit curious as to why you jumped right into sparse index rather than first > submitting a microproject [3]. This is a good first pass at a sparse index > integration, but the microproject is a better way to get acquainted with the > conventions and requirements of contributing to Git, hence the strong > recommendation to complete one first. > > [1] https://git.github.io/SoC-2023-Ideas/ > [2] https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/ > [3] https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/ > Hello. So, yes, I am interested in GSOC. As for the reason for choosing to do sparse-index, I had just missed the part about the micro-projects. Sorry about that. So, do I submit a micro-project patch? And as for the changes mentioned, I will make the changes in the title