Re: A Question from a Hopeful Future Contributor

From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 26, 2025, 14:21 UTC
Message-ID: <CALnO6CC+Tn5xFYcHwH-M7kLNt2+gut7Okx7fCuWRdOsQHoDWFw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqecud145v.fsf@gitster.g>

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Eric Frederickson <ericfrederickson68@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Looking through the repo for a place to find todo items, I naturally stumbled
> > upon the TODO file in the origin/todo branch,...
>
> Please disregard that file (I should remove it from the repository,
> too).  It is not curated at all, and the last update to it is more
> than 13 years ago.
>
> >> * "git status" on intent-to-add index entries (say "I" in the first
> >>   column instead of "A" for short status, add "(needs 'git add')" at the
> >>   end of "new file: $path " in long status).
> >
> > I am interpreting this todo message as meaning that the following behavior
> > should be implemented:
>
> I think that was done long time ago.  The entry may have been a wish-item
> in April 2011, but not anymore.

At least in 2.48.1 and in git version 2.50.0.rc0.48.g74dbe4346c, this behavior isn't present. So I wouldn't call it "done"—maybe there was a discussion that it shouldn't be done, though? I didn't search the list.

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> Sorry for wasting your time.  A better sources of inspiration might
> come from list archive searches for the past 3 year or so.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/?q=%22%23leftoverbit%22+d%3A20220718..
>
> But even then, many itches have already been scratched.
>
> As is often said, in open source, the easiest is to start scratching
> your own itch ;-)
>
> Thanks.
>

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D. Ben Knoble