Re: [PATCH v2] describe: enable sparse index for describe

[Raghul Nanth <nanth.raghul@gmail.com>]

On 3/29/23 23:19, Victoria Dye wrote:
> Raghul Nanth A via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Raghul Nanth A <nanth.raghul@gmail.com>
> 
> Hello! Thanks for working on this patch, it's always nice to get more sparse
> index support. Since this is your first contribution to the mailing list,
> though, it's unclear to me whether you're working on this as an independent
> contributor or if you're interested in the Google Summer of Code project
> "More Sparse Index Integrations" [1]. If you're doing this for GSoC, could
> you please prefix the title of this patch with "[GSoC]" (as noted in the
> application details [2])?
> 
> On the topic of GSoC applications - if you are submitting this for GSoC, I'm
> a bit curious as to why you jumped right into sparse index rather than first
> submitting a microproject [3]. This is a good first pass at a sparse index
> integration, but the microproject is a better way to get acquainted with the
> conventions and requirements of contributing to Git, hence the strong
> recommendation to complete one first.
> 
> [1] https://git.github.io/SoC-2023-Ideas/
> [2] https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/
> [3] https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/
> 

Hello. So, yes, I am interested in GSOC. As for the reason for choosing 
to do sparse-index, I had just missed the part about the micro-projects. 
Sorry about that. So, do I submit a micro-project patch?

And as for the changes mentioned, I will make the changes in the title