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[GSoC] Microproject help

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Vvk <g@vkabc.me>
Date
Mar 25, 2024, 13:10 UTC
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<51647635a10e31e800f87e8bd4a2e62c@vkabc.me>
Hello all,

I'm Vk and I work as a software engineer. I am interested in contributing to git repository. Apologies for the late start as I only stumbled upon GSoC recently and git project interested me as I use it everyday at work and it would be meaningful for me to contribute to it. Even if I am not chosen, it will be great if I can start learning to contribute to git open source.

For the microproject, I have looked into the lists for 2024 and it seems that all the projects have been taken except for `Replace a run_command*() call by direct calls to C functions`. However, it seems that the issue has been solved. The command I ran to search throughout the repo is `git grep 'run_command*('` and the search result returns run_command functions which I assume are essential.

If there is any low hanging fruits that you can suggest to me for the microproject, that will be great. I will also be searching throughout the mailing list to see if there are any potential microproject to work on.

Best Regards, Vk

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