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Re: [Outreachy] Microproject idea: modernize a file-existence check in t/t0081-find-pack.sh

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2026, 18:31 UTC
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Okhuomon Ajayi <okhuomonajayi54@gmail.com> writes:
> Before choosing a microproject, it helps to search the list archive
> at https://lore.kernel.org/git/ for the file name, and to check the
> "What's cooking" reports, to make sure nobody is already working on
> it.

Great advice. Reading others' patches and reviews they have received will prepare a newcomer to avoid making the same mistakes as they already have made. Reading Documentation/SubmittingPatches would also help, but that goes without saying ;-)

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