Re: [GSoC] Exploring Previous year Projects

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 29, 2020, 19:15 UTC
Message-ID: <86k15ars55.fsf@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200129171248.6217-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>

Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> writes:

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> Hello,
>
> I was looking at the previous year projects[1] and a project intrigued me, namely:
> "Convert scripts to builtins".
>
> Following from Christian's advice[2], I have decided to focus on my project proposal.
> I noticed that various commands such as "git bisect", "git web--browse"(it particularly
> interests me) are still in their "shell" form and will be needed to be converted into
> their "C" form as per the project description.

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> [1]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2019-Ideas/
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD2Fo=2suQDLwzLM-Wg3ZzXpqHw-x0brPtPV0d4dRsgs9A@mail.gmail.com/

As far as I know, "git bisect" is currently being converted from shell to C by Miriam Rubio for Outreachy project [3], so I am not sure if it would be feasible as GSoC 2020 project.

I'm not sure if it would be possible and if it would make sense to convert "git instaweb" and/or it's helper script "git web--browse" from shell to C.

I think trying to convert either "git stash" or "git submodule" to C would make more sense.

[3]: https://public-inbox.org/git/20200128144026.53128-1-mirucam@gmail.com/t/#u

Best,

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Jakub Narębski