Re: [Outreachy] Introduction - Rosemary Ajayi

From: Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 8, 2025, 08:26 UTC
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On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM Okhuomon Ajayi <okhuomonajayi54@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello Git community,

Hello Ajayi,

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> My name is Rosemary Ajayi, and I’m an Outreachy applicant for the
> December 2025 internship round.
> I’m interested in the project “Refactor in order to reduce Git’s
> global state,” mentored by Christian Couder and Usman Akinyemi.
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> I have experience with JavaScript and I’m currently learning C and
> exploring Git internals.
> I’m looking forward to contributing to a microproject and learning
> more about the Git codebase.

Great, thanks for reaching out to us and thank you for your interest in the Git community!

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> Thank you for maintaining such an important project, and I’m excited
> to join this community.

I would strongly recommend reading through [1],[2] and [3]. They should give you some ideas for how the Outreachy application process is designed to work in the Git project and lays out the expectation of us mentors.

You can check [4] for more information.

Let me know in case you have any additional questions!

>
> Best regards,
> Rosemary Ajayi
>

[1]: https://git.github.io/Mentoring-Program-Guide/ [2]: https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/ [3]: https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution [4]: https://git.github.io/Hacking-Git/