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Re: [Outreachy] Applicant Introduction

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2024, 09:04 UTC
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Hi Chizoba
On 07/10/2024 20:11, Chizoba ODINAKA wrote:
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> Thanks Patrick, I do like to register my interest to work on:
> Avoid pipes in git related commands in test scripts, based of,
> https://github.com/git/git/commit/c6f44e1da5e88e34
> Test script to implement changes  - t6050-replace.sh
> Code sample -
> `test_expect_success 'replace the author' '
>          git cat-file commit $HASH2 | grep "author A U Thor" &&
>          R=$(git cat-file commit $HASH2 | sed -e "s/A U/O/" | git
> hash-object -t commit --stdin -w) &&
>          git cat-file commit $R | grep "author O Thor" &&
>          git update-ref refs/replace/$HASH2 $R &&
>          git show HEAD~5 | grep "O Thor" &&
>          git show $HASH2 | grep "O Thor"
> '
> `
> I do like to hear your thought on this. Thanks again

That looks like a good microproject. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions while you're preparing the patch.

Best Wishes
Phillip
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> 
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 06:21, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 06, 2024 at 01:12:19PM +0100, Chizoba ODINAKA wrote:
>>> Hello, Chizoba here. I am interested in contributing to Git - Convert
>>> unit tests to use the clar testing framework.
>>> PS: I also have read:
>>> [1]: https://git.github.io/Mentoring-Program-Guide/
>>> [2]: https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/
>>
>> welcome to our community, thanks for your interest in contributing to
>> Git! Let us know in case you hit any issues while working on your
>> microproject of choice.
>>
>> Patrick
> 
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  1. Chizoba ODINAKAOct 6, 2024
  2. Patrick SteinhardtOct 7, 2024
  3. Chizoba ODINAKAOct 7, 2024
  4. Phillip WoodOct 8, 2024

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