Re: (Outreachy) Introduction and plan to start work on “Reduce Git’s global state” project
On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM Queen Jessa <queenjessa34@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,
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> My name is Queen Ediri Jessa, and I’m an Outreachy applicant interested in the
> project “Refactor in order to reduce Git’s global state.”
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> I’ve gone through the “MyFirstContribution” guide and explored the codebase.
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> As a starting point, I plan to work on a small refactor that replaces a direct
> use of the `the_repository` global variable with a function parameter
> (`struct repository *repo`) in one of the related source files.
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> This will help me get familiar with Git’s development workflow and contribute
> incrementally toward reducing global state. Please let me know if anyone is
> already working on a similar change, or if there’s a specific file you’d
> recommend I start from.
There are lots of files with Global variables, so your work would most likely not affect others. As a starting point, you might want to look into any file in builtin/. You can also look at previous patches around the same issue for reference. One is this [1].
You can also go through [2] to see previous microprojects done by past
GSoC/Outreachy
interns which might be easier to approach than the above.
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> Thank you for maintaining such a welcoming community.
> I’m looking forward to learning and contributing.
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[1]: https://public-inbox.org/git/20250318115912.2978992-7-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com/ [2]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2025-Microprojects/
> Best regards,
> Queen Ediri Jessa
Thanks for your interest in contributing to Git!
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