[GSoC] Update: Week-13

SUMMARY OF MY PROJECT:

Git submodule subcommands are currently implemented by using shell script 'git-submodule.sh'. There are several reasons why we'll prefer not to use the shell script. My project intends to convert the subcommands into C code, thus making them builtins. This will increase Git's portability and hence the efficiency of working with the git-submodule commands. Link to the complete proposal: [1]

Mentors: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>

UPDATES:

Following are the updates about my ongoing project:

* add: most of the time of the week was spent in debugging the
  ported submodule subcommand functions. But, even after so,
  currently the ported functions fail in total 15 tests from
  the test suit. The WIP patches have been updated regularly,
  and currently the patch is under discussion with the mentors
  as well. The current status of the patch is pushed on github as
  well, and can be viewed at:[2]

Since the rest of the patches were almost the same as that in the previous update(except for the 'summary' patch, which was last updated after Christian's review), the haven't been uploaded again to avoid unnecessary floating patches. The previous updated series is available at: [3] But given that, next week I plan to float a separate patch series, containing the initial patches from the subcommand porting series (till deinit), which IMO, are ready for maintainer's review.

Also, this week's update was one-day late, since I was traveling on the previous day. But a prior idea about this was given to the mentors.

PLAN FOR WEEK-14 (15 August 2017 to 21 August 2017):

* patches: Float a separate series, till deinit, and ask the maintainer
  for its review.

* add: The main aim of the next week is to resolve the issues with
  the current patch, and get all the tests pass.

* update: it is the last remaining subcommand to be ported. I aim to
  atleast start with this in the following week.

The work till week-13 is pushed on Github and is available at: [4].

[1]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1krxVLooWl--75Pot3dazhfygR3wCUUWZWzTXtK1L-xU/ [2]: https://github.com/pratham-pc/git/commits/sub-add [3]: https://public-inbox.org/git/20170807211900.15001-1-pc44800@gmail.com/ [4]: https://github.com/pratham-pc/git/commits/week-13