From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:40:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Turn git-rebase--*.sh to external helpers
Message-ID: <CACsJy8AAhpKbRi7QznwqAQ+uBb1SuFJCCh=cSw58oeuV1n_90g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1602171513140.6516@virtualbox>

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> I already started a different route locally (nothing to show yet, mostly
> because I have to write emails and try to triage the bug tracker instead
> of doing real work *grmbl*): add a rebase--helper and off-load heavy-duty
> work from the scripts to that helper.
>
> There are major benefits to do it that way:
>
> - we can focus on the really rewarding parts first, i.e. the parts that
>   make the interactive rebase so painfully slow,
>
> - it allows for a painlessly incremental conversion,
>
> - if multiple people are interested in working on the conversion, it can
>   happen in parallel.
>
> And probably a few other upsides.

Now it does sound fun (and probably feel rewarding too), even to GSoC students!
-- 
Duy