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Re: GSOC idea: build in scripts and cleanups

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RDRobert David <robert.david.public@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 28, 2011, 08:55 UTC
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Dne sobota 26 března 2011 14:39:39 Jeff King napsal(a):
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> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 09:14:35PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > > I was also thinking if there isn't PERL a better choice in rewriting
> > > shell scripts, due to planed porting (android, etc). Better than C.
> > > But I don't know android and other platform so much, so thats why I'm
> > > asking.
> > 
> > So far (on Windows and various Unixen) it seems that C is much easier
> > to work with as far as porting goes.[2]
> 
> If I were considering cleaning up and porting add--interactive to C, I
> think I would probably start with just porting the "-p" patch loop
> first. I think it's the part that most people use, and most callers
> don't support a generic "-i" but just the "-p" interface (e.g., you can
> do "git add -i" or "git add -p", but only "git checkout -p"). And that
> cuts down the size of the task somewhat.

I have read all the code in git-add--interactive. If I understand that correct, you mean to separate -i and -p int two different commands. And make the -p option more like the -i (but just only for patching).

And consequently port them to C.
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> 
> As far as cleanup versus features, I think Thomas would have to comment
> on that. He is the one who did the most work on patch-mode, and
> therefore the one who most thinks it needs cleaned up. :)
> 
Is Thomas going to be a mentor in this task?
Robert David.
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> > [1] Android is an odd example because the platform uses Java heavily
> > (so JGit might be a better fit for it).  Perhaps the wish for android
> > support should have been put on the Eclipse ideas page[2] and a link
> > added to git's; I dunno.
> 
> Yeah, I'm not sure what an Android port would quite look like. In theory
> I could probably build stock git for my rooted N1 using a
> cross-compiler. But I can't imagine what I would use it for. A native
> app seems like it would be more useful, and that pretty much requires
> Java.
> 
> -Peff
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  1. Robert DavidMar 26, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederMar 26, 2011
  3. Jeff KingMar 26, 2011
  4. Robert DavidMar 28, 2011
  5. Jeff KingMar 28, 2011
  6. Thomas RastMar 30, 2011
  7. Robert DavidMar 30, 2011
  8. Robert DavidApr 3, 2011
  9. Robert DavidApr 4, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2011
  11. Robert DavidApr 4, 2011
  12. Jeff KingApr 5, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2011
  14. Jeff KingApr 5, 2011
  15. Robert DavidApr 5, 2011
  16. Robert DavidApr 7, 2011
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  18. Robert DavidApr 8, 2011
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 11, 2011
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