Help with git

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:53:50 -0400, Nick Krause said:

> Then I am going to work on a few areas( still deciding where to specialize)
> 1. Btrfs
> 2. Scheduler
> 3. F2FS
> 4. Networking
> 5. Drivers(mostly USB and Intel Graphics)

Pick *one* thing.  There's quite obviously a wide gap between your level
of understanding of the code, and what's needed to actually be productive.
Remember that most of those sections have already been worked on for *years*
by dozens of very clever people who are *paid* to do that.

There's a big difference between knowing how to change the spark plugs on
a VW Beetle, and being able to walk into a Formula One pit and make tuning
suggestions that actually help the performance.

And yes, there's *that* big a gap between the usual beginner programmer
and some parts of the kernel.  In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that
there are more people in this world that really understand Formula One
engines than people who really understand the Linux scheduler. :)

> I think my issue with getting baned was mostly not listening and
> needing to learn git.

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