From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavan Kumar Sunkara Subject: Re: web-based client for Git, was Re: GSoC 2010 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:54:29 +0530 Message-ID: References: <20100211214833.GU9553@machine.or.cz> <201002120502.43565.chriscool@tuxfamily.org> <20100212113538.GV9553@machine.or.cz> <20100212121844.GK4159@machine.or.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Johannes Schindelin , Git List To: Petr Baudis X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 12 13:24:38 2010 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 1NfuZX-0004VW-VS for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:24:36 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755526Ab0BLMYb convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:24:31 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f183.google.com ([209.85.211.183]:65177 "EHLO mail-yw0-f183.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754168Ab0BLMYa convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:24:30 -0500 Received: by ywh13 with SMTP id 13so2533423ywh.20 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:24:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pjl5YQSArFII+0GMayBn8vwkzO96piiBfDcPZTppWIY=; b=DiX3o9TERrKbnQ5xRXMjAPt0F7N4dRQjlXOAXe4LUZ3pbVDm01ZoALdMSvc6ZL1HHR qKn7EEzyoko4zX8ZuEO6EmoqZ0gdQSpOVlbcqR1sI0JDFvDVkIgNQ3ahZK5glL79Rj6G GvXU42kk9DH0zrO03bulBDBdQlPEe0sx7yBic= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=wXy0f2gqE5FZyOD/k1BMCtkYAYgGeyc9+UfUAX8Hig0kzPU6C27EJhKEyj3mpUW+Mc ImO3/cbnoJp5w54rxDt0uGxaqaE1rh4BZiIeQI8+grS1BktbgE/6zI4xSNbbDoDxVTgT EMHaCHJYjYNhfJx5RrBp/yzRVjxR0YEypF+vI= Received: by 10.91.49.17 with SMTP id b17mr1380936agk.69.1265977469576; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:24:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100212121844.GK4159@machine.or.cz> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > =A0However, I'm a bit unsure if you aren't loading too much on yourse= lf, > seeing how much effort it took the other projects to implement *just = the > read-only parts* properly. So I still wonder why it wouldn't be bette= r > to focus purely on the editing and commit creation, while relying on > an existing web interface to provide the history browsing, diffs, etc= =2E Yeah, My GSoC project will consist of this. Remaining all functionalities will be coded after i finish GSoC. > =A0This could be done in several ways - simply taking a client and ad= ding > your code to provide the extra functionality there, OR creating a > standalone project that would be cross-linked with a given web > interface. The latter option is interesting since your extension coul= d > work easily with the web interfaces of choice (and e.g. modifying git= web > to provide the appropriate links is trivial, to a degree even possibl= e > purely from config file). I am intended to link it with gitweb. > =A0P.S.: I could volunteer to mentor such a project, if no more activ= e > Git hacker shows interest. Perhaps Jakub Narebski might be interested= ? Wow. That's great, If u could get a confirmation that somebody is willing to mentor this, then i can start the project even before the start of GSoC itself. -pavan