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I think overall we have enough tests th= at > >> can be converted even if both projects got picked up separately. And t= he > >> reftable unit tests are a bit more involved than the other tests given > >> that their coding style doesn't fit at all into the Git project. So it= 's > >> not like they can just be copied over, they definitely need some speci= al > >> care. > >> > >> Also, the technical complexity of the "reftable" backend is rather hig= h, > >> which is another hurdle to take. > >> > >> Which overall makes me lean more towards keeping this as a separate > >> project now that I think about it. > > Makes sense. I suppose we need to capture the distinction more clearly i= n the ideas page. > > I've tweaked the doc for the same. Do check it out and feel free to sugge= st any corrections. > > Ideas page: https://git.github.io/SoC-2024-Ideas/ Thanks! It looks good to me too. > >Ok, for me. If we have a contributor working on each of these 2 > >projects, we just need to be clear that the contributors should not > >work together on the 2 projects as I think the GSoC forbids that. > > Indeed. We must make sure to communicate this to selected contributors if= we end up choosing two of them for the unit test migration projects. > > On a related note, I think I could help as a co-mentor the non-reftable u= nit tests migration project if we don't find any other willing volunteer. := -) > > I'm hoping I should be of some help on guiding the contributor as a co-me= ntor. Feel free to let me correct me if I might potentially lack required k= nowledge. Thanks a lot for volunteering to co-mentor with me! I think you don't need any special knowledge and you will be very helpful as usual. > >> > That said, how helpful would it be to link the following doc in the = unit > >> > testing related ideas? > >> > > >> > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/technical/unit-= tests.txt > >> > >> Makes sense to me. > > > >To me too. > > > >> > Would it worth linking the reftable technical doc for the above idea= s? > >> > > >> > https://git-scm.com/docs/reftable > >> > > >> > I could see it goes into a lot of detail. I'm just wondering if link= to it > >> > would help someone who's looking to learn about reftable. > >> > >> Definitely doesn't hurt. > > > >I agree. > > Thanks for the feedback. Included both of these links in relevant ideas t= oo. Feel free to cross-check them! Great, thanks!