From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Edwin Fernando <edwinfernando734@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GSoC] Intro and Micro-project
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:10:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZBnzBEqViueKIXHx@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo7omhuia.fsf@gitster.g>
On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 10:41:33AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> > That sounds great! I assume that you meant avoiding pipelines where the
> > 'git' executable is in a non-terminal position of the pipe, e.g.:
> >
> > $ git blah | <something else>
> >
> > Since if "git blah" exited with a non-zero code or crashed, etc., then
> > we wouldn't see the failure since the pipeline would suppress it.
> >
> > That has been a long-standing goal within the test suite, and I think
> > that it's a great project to get you started. It'll ensure that you have
> > all of the bits in the right place to get Git running on your machine
> > and that you're able to run the tests.
>
> Yes, but can somebody rewrite the micro-project idea page to clarify
> what the "pipe" thing is about a bit more, so that you do not have
> to repeat the above explanation the next time ;-)?
Good suggestion. I did so in the following pull request:
https://github.com/git/git.github.io/pull/633
Thanks,
Taylor
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-21 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-21 14:38 [GSoC] Intro and Micro-project Edwin Fernando
2023-03-21 15:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2023-03-21 17:17 ` Taylor Blau
2023-03-21 17:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-21 18:10 ` Taylor Blau [this message]
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