Hi all,
I wonder what way are the GSoC students expected to maintain their GIT repository during the summer. I guess that there are at least two ways to go about it:
#1: Create a branch and commit to it all summer without pulling from master. Then either the student or some other dev will have to merge it with master (which is probably a lot of work).
#2: Create a branch and commit to it all summer, but also constantly pull and merge with other changes from master. At the end of the summer it will be the trivial to merge that branch into master (but there is more responsibility for the student - making sure not to screw up the merges as (s)he goes along).
I know for a fact that some orgs prefer the students to use method #1, but I can certainly see the advantages of method #2.
Thank you for your feedback.
Rouslan