Re: Git in Outreachy?

From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
To: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Cc: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>,
	Taylor Blau <ttaylorr@github.com>, Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>,
	Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>,
	Matheus Tavares Bernardino <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>,
	Hariom verma <hariom18599@gmail.com>,
	Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Git in Outreachy?
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:58:53 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOLTT8TQj==048r3poLcWHpy=duma26odK=ZxZdtWSOVfdZ5+w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD0xjUWK7B82xEerX4e_pkZ-BATKwjNcEjg4AxB4mipL1g@mail.gmail.com>

Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> 于2021年9月21日周二 下午11:35写道：
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 7:39 AM ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> 于2021年9月20日周一 下午10:52写道：
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:45 AM ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I haven't thought of any good projects for the time being,
> > > > Christian, any ideas?
> > >
> > > I already suggested the following project upthread:
> > >
> > > > > About project ideas, maybe continuing Hariom Verma's GSoC 2020 "Unify
> > > > > ref-filter formats with other \-\-pretty formats" project could be and
> > > > > idea, though maybe it could interact too much with ZheNing Hu
> > > > > continuing his GSoC 2021 "Use ref-filter formats in `git cat-file`"
> > > > > project.
> > >
> > > and you replied:
> > >
> > > > If the project idea is related to Hariom or my GSoC project, I think I can
> > > > provide a lot of help. :)  I can help them as a mentor.
> > >
> > > so I am ok to co-mentor this project with you.
> > >
> > > If you are still ok, I will submit it.
> >
> > Yeah, I am ok. grateful.
>
> I submitted it. You should see it and be able to register as a co-mentor there:
>
> https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/git/
>

Yes, I saw it. Thanks!

> > I am still looking at the code in ref-filter.c these two days, I deeply
> > doubt whether we can add a --no-sort option to git for-each-ref,
> >
> > Inspired by Peff's experimental patches [1], I think the --no-sort option
> > may improve the performance of ref-filter by avoiding the execution
> > of ref_array_sort().
> >
> > I don't know if this can be regarded as a micro-project.
>
> If you think that such a patch is likely to be accepted and that would
> take you less than a few hours to prepare and submit, then it can
> probably be regarded as a micro-project, and you are welcome to send a
> pull request to add it to the micro-project page.
>

Eh, It may not be simple, I can try to solve it by myself first, but I
think it is
appropriate for novices to complete this mini-project to understand the
technical details of ref-filter.

> > This may require the help of this patch of mine: [2]
> > which use list api for ref_sorting. This may can help eliminate unnecessary
> > sorting.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/YTTC2IUO1ZmTOEoR@coredump.intra.peff.net/
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1025.git.1629882532.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
>
> Then please add this information to the description of the micro-project.
>

ok!

> Thanks!

Thanks.
--
ZheNing Hu