Re: [GSoC] Microproject on git-credential-cache

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> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:45:21PM -0200, Matheus Tavares Bernardino wrote:
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> > I've been contributing to the Linux Kernel for the past semester and
> > I'm now looking to take my first steps in the git community. I'm also
> > interested in GSoC 2019.
>
> Hi, and welcome!
>

> > I started looking at https://git.github.io/SoC-2019-Microprojects/ and
> > one that got my attention was "Move ~/.git-credential-cache to
> > ~/.cache/git". But looking around at the code and the mailing list,
> > this microproject seems to have been already solved at 60759ba
> > ("credential-cache: use XDG_CACHE_HOME for socket", 2017-03-17),
> > right?
>
> Yes, I think so. We should remove it from the list (you're welcome to
> submit a PR at https://github.com/git/git.github.io.
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> > For the microproject "Add configuration options for some commonly used
> > command-line options", are there some options already known to be good
> > for adding to configuration file?
>
> Hmm. I don't offhand have any suggestions. That one has been floating
> around since at least 2015. I wonder if it may also be time to retire it
> (or give some more concrete examples).
>

> > Finally, a non GSoC-related question. Just to confirm my understanding
> > of Documentation/SubmittingPatches: I must send patches to the mailing
> > list first and after some feedback from community, send to the
> > maintainer with CC to the list, is that correct?
>
> Yes. Often the maintainer will even pick them up without being cc'd (in
> which case he'll usually reply to say so). The main goal is to avoid
> overwhelming him with first-draft patches that are not yet ready to be
> applied. :)
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