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[RFC]: Continue contribution

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Bello Olamide <belkid98@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2025, 12:52 UTC
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Hello,

I participated in the just concluded Outreachy contribution phase. However I would like to contribute some more to Git and I have been scanning the codebase for some #leftoverbits I can tackle and an example is this https://lore.kernel.org/git/20251010052256.GB1965904@coredump.intra.peff.net/ which proposes to pass `struct *object_database` instead of `struct *repo` to `remove_redundant_pack()` and also modify `clear_midx_file() to accept `struct *object_database` rather than 'struct *repo' in the bid to reduce dependence on the `the_repository` global variable.

The Outreachy documentation permits continued contributions after the close of the contribution phase but I would like to know if the community is okay with it and I can proceed.

Thanks as I await your response. Bello

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