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Hah, that seems like a terrible idea. Do instructors think there is a limitless well of trivially-findable bugs that could be correctly fixed by beginning/intermediate CS students...?

I suppose if the instructor is running the project that's a different story - just upload a buggy-as-hell project with fixes you expect students to be capable of - and preclude unleashing your class on the community at large until you can (patiently and didactically, because you know them to be beginners to VCS) show them the ropes on something harmless...

Of course, I'm sure that's not the case everywhere, and god help those who have to deal with that.