From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Nieder Subject: Re: git: ideas and libgit2 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:01:05 -0500 Message-ID: <20110403010040.GA25840@elie> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Thiago Farina X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 03 03:01:31 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q6Bh3-00058j-KC for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 03:01:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757570Ab1DCBBM (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:01:12 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:33355 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757465Ab1DCBBL (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:01:11 -0400 Received: by iyb14 with SMTP id 14so4780863iyb.19 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:01:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=tCblE/M7Mto9Catj4qr+sQt+NdXg/7oaERunhnWSt1k=; b=Gbhsq4sctGpsxSiEHFlIH3884pXWShWF9f6DwHFSQ540sBJA29H3Q9lDB7MaMzGCy1 Ajii70CRF30c40uMI8xj2bGxkZ8g3wBRYQkJGLm7disf4kzl5muu7x7KM4QI2gIcHJOo 6NGan3air4KFSNdCIP9fAgFM+n4eguOxRd5Rs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=F4OWjPaUyVRPrPAKV7XYhH4oTeTIDRbIzr/3Qh2E+eYPhdcv7PykRXkyyrrXgxitmk pQBhwdPopyLkY0zbkEWQw5w1A40kMp6RfKmTxofYUIyMl/IZTmVkYfC4CSEnDPWoKU3j d8iUzTxGexzOo7SYCrUcbjRLJtxKgdMI4I+IE= Received: by 10.231.80.193 with SMTP id u1mr5583629ibk.87.1301792470850; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from elie (adsl-68-255-107-98.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net [68.255.107.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y10sm2579063iba.46.2011.04.02.18.01.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: (cc-ing the git list; hoping that's okay.) Hi Thiago, Thiago Farina wrote: > Would you help me to find some ideas to work on git? I'd also be > interested in working in some API related to libgit2. I'm probably not a good bet for that, since I'm not familiar with libgit2 at all. You'd probably want to contact the libgit2 list at . Because of Google's summer program there's a list of potential projects at . Some people were mentioning the possibility of keeping a list like this year-round, to give people something to hack on. I can help find a project in the field of merge, remote helpers, documentation processing, or startup procedure (repository discovery and option parsing). Or you can steal a project from me, if you'd like. Here's a few: - glibc: . This is desperately needed before translated output from the git cli becomes possible. - unifdef: split into coroutines following the stages of preprocessing described by the C standard, so it can handle more real-life preprocessor conditionals. This should help with understanding the #ifdef-ed mess that is glibc's printf (see above). - various git commands: support --patience, for patience diff. Make a simple test script to demonstrate that it's turned on. Especially nice would be "git add -p". http://bugs.debian.org/522361 - daemon: add some tests (using daemon --inetd, presumably). Let the client know when the repository is inaccessible: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/145456/focus=145573 - daemon: add an option to stop tolerating inability to listen on one of the supplied interfaces. Make a sysvinit / systemd / runit / whatever script describing best practices for running a persistent git daemon for contrib. - git test suite: find the remaining missing "&&"-s, fix them, and make future tests without them automatically fail. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/157903/focus=158265 - scripts: use "set -u" in git-sh-setup, and fix the errors that result. Some of the fixes won't be suitable for mainline: e.g. use of GIT_ variables would have to change to if test "${GIT_FOO:+set}" then ... use GIT_ variable ... fi to suppress the error, but I doubt mainline git wants it. Other fixes (protecting against the environment by initializing local variables to be empty) would be very much suitable for mainline. - contrib: make a Makefile so the invoker can install all the crazy contributed goodies at once if she wants to. - look for interesting (possibly old) patch series on the list (like the whole-directory-rename series!) and nudge them forward. Hope that helps, Jonathan