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Git

Fast,Scalable,Distributed revision control system

Git is the most widely-used revision control system in Open Source. It is a distributed system with an emphasis on speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows. Many large and successful projects use Git, including the Linux Kernel, Perl, Eclipse, Gnome, KDE, Qt, Ruby on Rails, Android, PostgreSQL, Debian, and X.org. This organization covers projects for Git itself. Other git-based software or services are not covered by this organization.

  • shell script
  • git
  • c language
  • version control
  • dvcs

Project ideas

7 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 6 that state a difficulty: 3 medium, 3 hard. Sizes: 3 small, 3 medium. 7 mentors named.

  1. Git Rev News
  2. Refactoring in order to reduce Git’s global state small medium
  3. Improve the new git repo command small medium
  4. Improve disk space recovery for partial clones medium hard
  5. Implement promisor remote fetch ordering medium hard
  6. Enhance promisor-remote protocol for better-connected remotes medium hard
  7. Complete and extend the remote-object-info command for git cat-file small medium

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2016, 11 years. Projects per year: '16: 1, '17: 1, '18: 3, '19: 2, '20: 3, '21: 2, '22: 2, '23: 2, '24: 3, '25: 3, '26: 4.

On GitHub

4 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: HTML (2), C (1), CSS (1).

Links and channels

go deeper in your terminal
git-into-gsoc org "Git" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "Git"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "Git"
or ask your assistant:
"Which Git repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.