GSoC'23 GitLab | LFX Mentee'23 @CNCF - Cortex | GSoC'22 GitLab | GitLab Core Team Member | GitLab Hero 🦊 | Git contributor

I am excited to share my recent accomplishments and experiences. This summer, I had the privilege of being selected as a Google Summer of Code 2023 Student Developer at GitLab for the second consecutive year. My GSoC project focused on enhancing GitLab's merge request comparisons using git range-diff, enabling effective code reviews and validating changes during rebasing.

Here is the link to the project: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/projects/Z0MnDIgd

Additionally, I am currently a mentee for The Linux Foundation's LFX Mentorship Spring 2023 Program, where I am actively involved in the Cortex Project. My contribution revolves around implementing an API in Cortex to simplify the migration of data from Prometheus to Cortex by importing old Prometheus TSDB block data.

Here is the link to the project: https://mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/project/184ccb3e-6abe-4bf9-9659-b42b5c07c5a5

During the previous summer, I participated as a Google Summer of Code 2022 Student Developer at GitLab, where I collaborated with the Gitaly team, responsible for handling Git RPC calls within GitLab. I successfully integrated the mailmap feature into GitLab and contributed to improving the performance of the contributor graph feature by utilizing git-shortlog.

One can explore my GSoC journey on my personal blog : https://siddharthasthana.dev/archives/

Here is the link to the project: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2022/projects/yaKP2iJK

My GSoC work got highlighted in the GitHub and Git communities. Here is the link:

— https://github.blog/2022-10-03-highlights-from-git-2-38/
— https://github.blog/2023-03-13-highlights-from-git-2-40/
— https://git.github.io/rev_news/2022/10/26/edition-92/

I have been actively contributing to other OSS projects like Zulip which is a real-time team chat system and Git, a distributed version control system. At IVY, I have written functions and tests for the ML transpiler and deep learning framework. In the process, I learned not only about how web platforms work, but also have some knowledge of how low level systems like kernel work.

Here are the OSS contributions in GitLab, Git and Zulip:

• GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dashboard/mergerequests?scope=all&state=merged&assigneeusername=edith007
• Git: https://lore.kernel.org/git/?q=Siddharth+Asthana
• Zulip: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aedith007+is%3Aclosed
• IVY : https://github.com/unifyai/ivy/pulls/edith007

Furthermore, I am thrilled to announce my recent recognition as a GitLab Hero and my inclusion as a Core Team Member of GitLab. These accomplishments demonstrate my deep involvement in the open-source community and my commitment to driving impactful contributions.