Re: any info getting a birdview of Git and its test suite?

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2007, 23:48 UTC
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>     I'm interested in the "More Complete Tests" project in SoC2007.
> I've used Linux for about more than one year and know basic bash
> skills. I've downloaded the source of Git and read some test scripts
> in the t directory. But I get confused.
> 
>     As said in the gitwiki page, I'm new to Git and Open Source
> Development. I just know the basic usage and cannot figure out how one
> component interacts with each other in a few days. It's hard for me to
> write a decent plan on how to impove existing test scripts and on
> writing a new one. So is there any infomation getting a birdview of
> architecture of Git and its test suite? Or the only way is to read the
> code?

First, it would be hard to work on Git in my opinion if you have no experience with version control (SCM) software.

Second, Git comes with two tutorials (and third in the works, check out mailing list archives; stalled), user's manual, and introduction and tutorial to core git. It has its own homepage, and its own wiki.

Third, t/README and comments in t/test-lib.sh should help with setting up tests for git commands behavior.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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