From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sidhant Sharma Subject: [RFC/GSoC] Introduction Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:29:10 +0530 Message-ID: <56E3BE3E.9070105@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Mar 12 07:59:24 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aedWE-0006SU-QN for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2016 07:59:23 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751498AbcCLG7S (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:59:18 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f54.google.com ([209.85.220.54]:36452 "EHLO mail-pa0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751018AbcCLG7Q (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:59:16 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id tt10so116986212pab.3 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:59:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UyQ5rFzq2U06vVIcwYk7oOpLJdr6alWsQvSyJnkmGVY=; b=Alp9Q2U6trI390iDXNOFkKgBYw+EXmi8sK9ZfHdKwEFqDEdA5z8A8sg2fFwov9PEQN MIZH7jhB8XaBQ2r8N0221KWex5ENawIuSc7+HbEeRONOqv/9T4H9D/XbMue22tWzJnpj ibtSITVZ6gCgVUZyB/B7WWj5fvvdU2H08FanaDs4/1Pncq1/MiyBjQEGZSnnNIP+HemX /V/8JOj54N6zKD/JD1vdlFKHzTRRHFceOJ0kSPMmTwJryyo9voND+iOLy7nuWEr6F5dF BVicvEPyvnEDnxi0YZFqKXph5t05SAnavk5/UtvXGWzm9VisD1ncnDeIGbBknzAUhqog 01rw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UyQ5rFzq2U06vVIcwYk7oOpLJdr6alWsQvSyJnkmGVY=; b=dyxmEvSPO4gEwQ5biD0NX4sclntbCV8WbmtbqwmLpSRPUCndwydy+65xyxoEToKLS4 i/S1ar/DHMSvloskzvVeJm2LL6nr1AAjoqJflD10dj4IOg4WK6jS5u9qlDOTr7bObekA TOWM9isOEbZZieR20bHp6Iylq+gOKxKkyAbAVNB8N6EQ3VlG8VMgugvBwcOh1K3qGL1h VNcZiq/PvZFr4H81+fWEGoEV2LuVdu0BeuxHrikfsTiUPXtcdS9nxZetDIR+6QliuS85 6f5TGtxp2NUjhmD0pWp6+AR70nz8CV8Vdg/xL+BCaHObWj3XRFZdjz/c58r9ISQjg5NM kOLw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJKPGnEsDWWVQr/joT3KdYc9YDLDJn3KIz9xIgp90C2oVNjUxaBzreWtKOtTavJ4YQ== X-Received: by 10.66.147.103 with SMTP id tj7mr21778482pab.72.1457765955947; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.10] ([182.69.45.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v7sm17319938pfi.56.2016.03.11.22.59.14 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:59:15 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi everyone! I am Sidhant Sharma, from Delhi, India. I'm a third year Software Engineering student at Delhi Technological University. I am looking to contribute to Git via GSoC 2016. I have also worked on one of the microprojects [1]. I've been using git for nearly two years now, and continue to be surprised by the vast number of features this powerful DVCS possesses. I want to contribute to Git because it has become a daily-use tool for me and it feels exciting to be a part of the community that makes effective collaborative development possible. I would like to work on the project titled 'Git Beginner mode', and have been reading up the discussions that took place regarding this [2]. The reason I wish to take this project in particular is that when I initially started out with Git, and was still discovering how things really worked, I sometimes felt the need for some sort of safety-latch to keep me from making destructive and/or irreversible changes. So, this project gives me the opportunity to implement something on these lines for the future beginners. I believe a lot of discussion on the idea is due. I'm reading up on the commands that were mentioned on the project page to better understand what the project entails, and trying to design a solution for this, without making git harder to use or getting in the user's learning. I would really appreciate your comments, suggestions and critique on this. Thanks and regards, Sidhant Sharma [1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/288035 [2]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/285893/focus=286613