From: Tian Yuchen Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:57:01 GMT Subject: Re: [GSoC][Draft Proposal] Refactoring in order to reduce Git's global state Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On 2/23/26 02:34, Usman Akinyemi wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM Tian Yuchen wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm Tian Yuchen and I'm planning to apply for GSoC this year! >> >> Instead of pasting a giant wall of text into this email, I have >> drafted my proposal in Google Doc. I thought it might be easier for >> everyone to leave inline comments and suggestions there. (Of course, if >> you're more accustomed to email replies, you can also quote the content >> from the doc in your response. Thank you.) > I believe that a giant wall of text is the appropriate way to send a > proposal to the > Git community. I will advise you to send that giant of text actually. > It is easier for the > community to review and give feedback. Also future gsoc participants > can also learn > from it. By telling the reviewer to go through the link to the docs > and then copy it on the > to the email just to reply is giving them an extra lot of work to do. > So send it through text > and make it easy for people to review. >> >> > Thank you. Makes sense. I will format the proposal into plain text and send it as v2 shortly so it's easier to review inline and properly archived. Thanks, Yuchen