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[Gsoc] Early Introduction

Subject: [Gsoc] Early Introduction

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4 messages between Dec 29, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026.

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Samuel Abraham· Dec 29, 2025, 09:43 UTC · lore

Hello Git Community,

My name is Abraham Samuel Adekunle and I am excited to introduce myself to you. I have a strong interest in low level systems development and I have previously contributed minimally to a couple of open source organizations and I would love to start contributing to Git for the upcoming GSOC 2026 program.

As suggested by Christian and Lucas in previous responses, I have read [1] and [2]. I look forward to becoming a part of the Git Community.

1. https://git.github.io/Hacking-Git/
2. https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/

Thanks Abraham.

Samuel Abraham· Jan 1, 2026, 09:19 UTC · re: Samuel Abraham · lore

Re: [Gsoc] Early Introduction

On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM Samuel Abraham <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello Git Community,
>
> My name is Abraham Samuel Adekunle and I am excited to introduce myself to you.
> I have a strong interest in low level systems development and I have previously
> contributed minimally to a couple of open source organizations and I would
> love to start contributing to Git for the upcoming GSOC 2026 program.
>
> As suggested by Christian and Lucas in previous responses, I have read
> [1] and [2].

I forgot to mention that I had started working on this #leftoverbit and had sent the initial patch below.

https://lore.kernel.org/git/aSxQhqwzT34hIjV8@Adekunles-MacBook-Air.local/ I will continue working on this after receiving feedback from Junio.

Abraham.

Christian Couder· Jan 5, 2026, 09:35 UTC · re: Samuel Abraham · lore

Re: [Gsoc] Early Introduction

Hi Samuel,

On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM Samuel Abraham <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM Samuel Abraham
> <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Git Community,
> >
> > My name is Abraham Samuel Adekunle and I am excited to introduce myself to you.
> > I have a strong interest in low level systems development and I have previously
> > contributed minimally to a couple of open source organizations and I would
> > love to start contributing to Git for the upcoming GSOC 2026 program.
> >
> > As suggested by Christian and Lucas in previous responses, I have read
> > [1] and [2].

Great! Thanks for your interest in Git and welcome to the community!

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> I forgot to mention that I had started working on this #leftoverbit
> and had sent the initial patch
> below.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/aSxQhqwzT34hIjV8@Adekunles-MacBook-Air.local/
> I will continue working on this after receiving feedback from Junio.

Thanks for starting right away!

Best, Christian.

Samuel Abraham· Jan 5, 2026, 14:04 UTC · re: Christian Couder · lore

Re: [Gsoc] Early Introduction

On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi Samuel,
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM Samuel Abraham
> <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM Samuel Abraham
> > <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Git Community,
> > >
> > > My name is Abraham Samuel Adekunle and I am excited to introduce myself to you.
> > > I have a strong interest in low level systems development and I have previously
> > > contributed minimally to a couple of open source organizations and I would
> > > love to start contributing to Git for the upcoming GSOC 2026 program.
> > >
> > > As suggested by Christian and Lucas in previous responses, I have read
> > > [1] and [2].
>
> Great! Thanks for your interest in Git and welcome to the community!

Thank you Christian

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> > I forgot to mention that I had started working on this #leftoverbit
> > and had sent the initial patch
> > below.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/aSxQhqwzT34hIjV8@Adekunles-MacBook-Air.local/
> > I will continue working on this after receiving feedback from Junio.
>
> Thanks for starting right away!

Yes I have pushed updates already and this is the link to the patches https://lore.kernel.org/git/aSxQhqwzT34hIjV8@Adekunles-MacBook-Air.local/T/#t as I have made changes from reviews up to patch v4.

Thanks Abraham.