From: Paul Sebastian Ungureanu <ungureanupaulsebastian@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:15:42 GMT
Subject: [GSoC] Regarding "Convert scripts to builtins"
Message-ID: <CADzBBBb0KDVJiX2WSNW=vC6b6paWoK=5XrnZNAY+pwpcu-t9JA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I am interested in the "Convert scripts to builtins" project. I have
recently started to analyze it better and see exactly what it entails
and a few questions came to my mind.

First of all, I find it difficult to pick which scripts would benefit
the most by being rewritten. I am thinking of git bisect, git stash
and git rebase since these are maybe some of the most popular commands
of Git. However, on the other side, scripts like
git-rebase--interactive.sh and git-bisect.sh are also subject of other
GSoC projects. Should I steer away from these projects or can I
consider them?

Secondly, what is too little or too much? On one hand, I do want to do
my best and help the Git community as much as I can. On the other
hand, I do not want to have too much on my plate and not be able to
finish my project. Considering that mentors have already decided that
git rebase --interactive and git bisect are enough for two projects,
how could I quantify the time required for each command? Looking back
at the previous editions of GSoC I noticed that most projects were
focused on only one command.

From my research, these are the scripts that could be subject of this
project. Which ones do you think could be the best choice for a
project of this kind?

 * git/git-add--interactive.perl
 * git/git-archimport.perl
 * git/git-bisect.sh -- there is a project about this
 * git/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
 * git/git-cvsimport.perl
 * git/git-cvsserver.perl
 * git/git-difftool--helper.sh
 * git/git-filter-branch.sh
 * git/git-instaweb.sh
 * git/git-merge-octopus.sh
 * git/git-merge-one-file.sh
 * git/git-merge-resolve.sh
 * git/git-mergetool--lib.sh
 * git/git-mergetool.sh
 * git/git-quiltimport.sh
 * git/git-rebase--am.sh
 * git/git-rebase--interactive.sh -- there is a project about this
 * git/git-rebase--merge.sh
 * git/git-rebase.sh
 * git/git-remote-testgit.sh
 * git/git-request-pull.sh
 * git/git-send-email.perl
 * git/git-stash.sh
 * git/git-submodule.sh -- there was a project about this
 * git/git-svn.perl
 * git/git-web--browse.sh

I look forward to hearing from you. I will also submit a draft of my
proposal soon enough.

Best regards,
Paul Ungureanu