Re: GSoC 2009 Prospective student

> Heya,
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 20:58, Rohan Dhruva <rohandhruva@gmail.com> 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?
>

>> 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 :).
>

>> 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.
>