Re: Git in GSoC 2025

[Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>]

Hi Kaartic,

On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM Kaartic Sivaraam
<kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:

> -- 8< --
>
> Consolidate ref-related functionality into git-refs
>
> - Mentor: Patrick
> - Co-mentor: Jialuo / Christian
>
> Refactoring in order to reduce Git’s global state
>
> - Mentor: Christian
> - Co-mentor: Karthik / Jialuo
>
> Machine-Readable Repository Information Query Tool
>
> - Mentor: Karthik
> - Co-mentor: Patrick
>
> Implement support for reftables in “dumb” HTTP transport
>
> - Mentor: Patrick
> - Co-mentor: Karthik
>
> -- >8 --
>
> Let me know if this sounds fine to all of you.

Fine for me. Thanks!

> So, I suppose we could
> pick a maximum of 3 projects but we cannot pick both "Consolidate
> ref-related functionality into git-refs" and "Implement support
> for reftables in “dumb” HTTP transport" at the same time as Patrick
> only prefers to be mentor in one project.

Yeah, but we have time to decide on this. It seems to me that we can
still come up with new project ideas and possibly new mentors or
co-mentors until it's time for applicants to send their.application.

> Based on this, I'll tweak the ideas page to mention that we could
> pick a max of 3 candidates.

Thanks!

> BTW, I've just submitted Git's application for GSoC. We should know
> by February 26 about the selection result.

Thanks again!