Re: Ensimag students projects, version 2013

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 15, 2013, 11:36 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8COdjm2WvY_QB=QSJqGk9PvrDpExN4Xs3UgoKoB7QVtJg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <87r4iccgdw.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net>

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:

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> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>
>>   https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/SmallProjectsIdeas
>
> My $0.02:
>
> * Allow "git add -p" to use "git diff --color-words" to show hunks
>
>   Check if you can use the existing --word-diff=porcelain output somehow
>   to get it done in pure perl.  Alternatively, try to hack a word-diff
>   mode where it spews out both the line-diff (for later application) and
>   the word-diff (for display) in some clever format, so that the perl
>   code can easily match them up.  If neither one is possible my feeling
>   is that it's one of the hardest tasks on the list.  (Not to
>   discourcage anyone from trying, but still.)

Yes, please.. Also in some case, I'd like to pass the pattern to --color-words (usually just --color-words=.). Something for the student to think about when designing the interface.

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> * Allow git send-email --cc 'foo@example.com, bar@example.com' instead
>   of git send-email --cc foo@example.com --cc bar@example.com
>
>   That would be really nice.  Bonus points if it handles continuation
>   lines etc. correctly, so that it's even easier to paste.

* Color the header lines in git send-email. Bonus point if it could
highlight possible typos like foo@example.co.
--
Duy