Re: [GSoC] Google Summer of Code 2009 - new ideas

From: Jan Janak <jan@ryngle.com>
Date: Mar 7, 2009, 01:09 UTC
Message-ID: <20090307010921.GA6120@x61s.janakj.ryngle.net>
In-Reply-To: <200903070144.17457.jnareb@gmail.com>

On 07-03 01:44, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Time to submit application as mentoring organization to
> Google Summer of Code 2009 is close:  March 9 -- March 13.
> 
> I'd like to add a few ideas to SoC2009Ideas wiki page, but before I do 
> this I'd like to ask for comments.  (The proposals also lacks proposed 
> mentor).
> 
> I am wondering if it would be worth it to make a separate class between 
> "New to Git?" easy tasks, and "Larger Projects" hard tasks...
> 
> BTW. some of ideas didn't make it from SoC2008Ideas wiki page to current 
> year page, namely: 
>  * Apply sparse To Fix Errors
>  * Lazy clone / remote alternates
>  * Implement git-submodule using .gitlink file
>  * Teach git-apply the 3-way merge fallback git-am knows
>  * Better Emacs integration

There are already two (IMHO good) emacs modes for git, magit and egg:

http://zagadka.vm.bytemark.co.uk/magit/ http://github.com/bogolisk/egg/tree/master

  Jan.