# [GSoC] Introduction - Siddharthan T V

1 messages from 2026-03-15 to 2026-03-15. Participants: siddharthantv.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/65254

## siddharthantv, 2026-03-15 14:29

Subject: [GSoC] Introduction - Siddharthan T V
Message-ID: <20260315142910.17684-1-siddharth13102@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20260315142910.17684-1-siddharth13102%40gmail.com

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Hello,

I am Siddharthan T V and I am a CS student applying for GSoC 2026.

While I am looking at the test script t/t4014-format-patch.sh for
my microproject, I found the usage of test -f for the $filename,
sub/$basename and $basename in three tests, but the same file
already uses test_path_is_file for pager_used.

When the test failed with test_path_is_file, it showed the exact
filename it was looking for. With test -f a failure would show
nothing useful.

Is this a good microproject? I also have a patch ready.

Thanks,
Siddharthan T V

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