Re: [Outreachy] Introduction and Interest in Contributing to the Git Community

From: Isoken Ibizugbe <isokenjune@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 9, 2023, 13:31 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJHH8bEa=xE_xNdbW4rDJQQ9dacAuFQseajdtBmGnZ1bDxZsxQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD3WzgADiy07uLGpj23r3jrUnYh_Wdsc1N8ZoaAHQPDZag@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you Christian for the help, I have another idea for a micro project "modernizing a test script". I have found test scripts that needs modernizing , which is to rename the setup test 'prepare reference tree' to 'setup'. Is it appropriate for a micro project and should I go ahead with it.

On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 11:50 AM Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 12:26 PM Isoken Ibizugbe <isokenjune@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good day,
> > I am interested in working on this issue
> > https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/1555 as a micro project. Is
> > it worth doing and appropriate for a micro project?
>
> (I have added Dscho, alias Johannes Schindelin, in Cc as he might know
> more about this.)
>
> I think it's worth doing, but I am not sure, as I think it might
> generate regressions for a low number of users who might rely on
> core.fileMode for some special use cases. (Not sure we would want to
> support such hypothetical use cases though.)
>
> Also it's not so simple to implement, you will have to dig a bit in
> the code, and not just implement it, but likely also write tests for
> it. So it's definitely significantly more complex than a simple "test
> cleanup" micro-project. I might overlook things too.
>
> But if you feel like it suits your skills well and are not afraid with
> something a bit complex, I would think that you can go for it.
>
> Best,
> Christian.