Re: GSoC Project | Improvise git bisect

> Hi Pranit,
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Johannes Schindelin
>> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>>> Hi Pranit,
>>>
>>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016, Pranit Bauva wrote:
>>>
>>>> I could first move individual functions to bisect--helper.c.
>>>
>>> My suggestion would be to give it a try already with some functionality
>>> you deem small enough to move to the bisect--helper within a day or so. It
>>> is always good to test the waters like that, and to include this early
>>> work in the proposal, also to assess (and to let the reviewers assess) how
>>> feasible the project is.
>>
>> Sure! I will start with check_term_format().
>>
>> Also, I think implementing a new algorithm for bisect along with this
>> would be too big for a GSoC project
>
> Yeah, I also think so.
>
>> and I am no algorithm expert. I
>> will stick to --first-parent along with incremental rewrite.
>
> My opinion is that an incremental rewrite by itself is big enough for
> a GSoC. And it might be difficult to do something else that is bisect
> related at the same time. So if you want to do the rewrite, just focus
> on it. If you ever have some time left we will easily find other
> interesting bisect related improvements.