Taylor BlauI wanted to share a couple of updates on the status of Git Merge:
- GitHub will not be hosting an in-person event for Git Merge this year.
- Instead, we will focus our efforts on hosting a virtual
Contributor's Summit, the details of which are TBD.The decision to not host an in-person event was a difficult one to make, but necessary given the current economic conditions and their effect on travel budgets for conferences.
When I asked[1] about which location folks preferred for Git Merge, a number of replies indicated that nobody on their team would be able to attend unless speaking. I think it's a safe assumption that other individuals who would be travelling on behalf of their employer are in a similar situation.
That said, I plan on hosting an virtual Contributor's Summit in late-September or so for folks who are working on Git to get together.
This year's will likely look a lot different than the Contributor's Summit we held last year in Chicago, IL. That said, a couple of requests:
- If you are interested in joining, and aren't sure whether or not you
are able to, please feel free to shoot me a message off-list and
ask. - If you have suggestions about the format of the day,
video-conferencing related suggestions, or anything else that you
think could improve the Contributor's Summit, please also feel more
than free to let me know.I regret not being able to see everybody in person this year, but I'm hopeful that we'll get a chance to make up for it next year :-). Until then,
Thanks, Taylor
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/ZEyDcBcGmLznqKzD@nand.local/