Re: Converting scripted commands to built-ins, was Re: [GSoC] Exploring Previous year Projects

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 31, 2020, 09:57 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2001311055280.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2001311007590.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Hi again,

On Fri, 31 Jan 2020, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020, Derrick Stolee wrote:
>
> > On 1/30/2020 6:10 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > Large parts of `git submodule` are already implemented in `git
> > > submodule--helper`, so that's a head start (thanks Stephan Beller!).
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Realistically, I think that it would be possible for a GSoC student
> > > who is already very familiar with the code base and with submodules to
> > > finish the conversion of `git submodule` in one season.
> >
> > Even assuming the most generous definition of "very familiar" I'm not sure
> > this is the case. But I also don't meet the bar of "very familiar" when it
> > comes to the submodule code.
>
> Hmm. I guess you're right, and it actually matches my earlier assessment:
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1904031957480.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet/

I vaguely remembered that I had described this project in a lot more detail in a Git for Windows ticket, and I just spent a couple of minutes to coagulate it into a more concrete proposal here: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/541

Ciao, Dscho