Re: Git project and GSoC 2026

From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 22, 2026, 18:40 UTC
Message-ID: <A01D97A5-48EC-4633-B0BE-8C1541156C2A@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD11txMWSfMTvDtcBJuuZA5mKffo6XUyR9LWk2d_N0RRtA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

On 16 January 2026 4:36:13 pm IST, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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>The application period for mentoring organizations to participate in
>GSoC 2026 is from January 19 to February 3. Let's try to anticipate a
>bit and decide soon if the Git project wants to participate.
>

Just to keep this thread updated. Git has been successfuly accepted as a mentoring organization for 2026. Thank you to Christian for organizing. Also, thank you to our community members who've volunteered to mentor students this year: Karthik Nayak, Justin Tobler, Siddharth Asthana, Chandra Pratap and Ayush Chandekar

Let us look forward towards a good summer of code experience for the new contributors who could potentially become long-term members of the community.
  <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/organizations/git>

It's good to see GSoC related contributions in the list already. Similarly, we'll be seeing more candidates participating by sending out their micro-projects. Let's give them a good guidance :-)

That said, we have the ideas listed in our ideas page. Feel free to suggest more ideas if you have any.

  <https://git.github.io/SoC-2026-Ideas>

Volunteer mentors willing to mentor students are always welcome. Let us know if you're interested.

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Sivaraam

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