Git has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2008, our second

year particpating in this exciting program.
  http://code.google.com/soc/2008/git/about.html
There is a nice categorized list of the other 175 accepted

organizations listed here:
  http://genmapp.org/gsoc/mentors_by_category.htm
Students interested in applying to Git for this year's summer of

code should look at the program FAQ, and especially the timeline:
  http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html

  http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline
Student applications are March 24th through March 31st.  But you

can start getting active now.
Interested students should take a look at our ideas page and

application template:
  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/SoC2008Ideas

  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/SoC2008Template
Students can directly contact a potential mentor by email or #git

on IRC, or to start discussing a project of interest on the mailing

list itself.  All Git related projects are welcome, so if you have

an interesting idea not listed on our ideas page, speak up!
Anyone who has been here a while and is interested in being a

mentor, please contact me off-list and I'll give you the details.

We want mentors who are passionate about the student project they

are paired up with, and who know that particular part of Git well

enough to help a student who is new to Git (and open source) do

something really exciting this summer.
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Shawn.

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