From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1854C2D0DB for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:14:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E23C20678 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:14:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="MnYonmww" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727313AbgA3POZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:14:25 -0500 Received: from mail-ot1-f68.google.com ([209.85.210.68]:45492 "EHLO mail-ot1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727238AbgA3POZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:14:25 -0500 Received: by mail-ot1-f68.google.com with SMTP id 59so3393542otp.12 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:14:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3xXpu1bicVH+lXr6hwLwkNZdbKo3ECFauPiQ+VxW5VE=; b=MnYonmwws/cNiZRY9Eo01KxpHBhAy5tI8wpPw3zo8NAbxybGjw9y66mhfwJc7X8bYS e59ji9Wd3SwtLCNthI4b00uJ7bNu81PxsBJOT0hQhooDiBLSeOkeiRUJK1f+9+EgP0Cl 40XFWCQ0Zt9zi3fCrhgY1pAC0vflH+p+vpTkTDDJ35EQcTNYB4MlLYw9qmYYC2RH4cZZ 6DA/qeIT2qXH6CjjakYWWzpK4lKt6Pk9rdfy2Z37hbA3OElfFIfFx2LCiqhEF6RHfI+z SMZkKNW93IKvRASm76ds/BVaEIHvZ3mZiOjxNEscWEuW4MAa7zpxvvvYMRZ78Fv15lng jzzg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3xXpu1bicVH+lXr6hwLwkNZdbKo3ECFauPiQ+VxW5VE=; b=rXso0FMFZJ7YMM1T+LPMs3oY/68IlRZ+jIpvVdaQaM/qJnR5gDT8YAX498g6NXLb9Y kH6zWVaKPnNm9SYiUlBm0SxfiUEdPlTG1zt1Ivib2E5fazHHFyB6Lh18AF2k24RAJALd FGTDlKrweplasbjXUp3Su/lDw+4DtWvY/jOHOb8ueFCeZv4ZnavSDyzReFtaRvhUOuOR WTWnxlRS/IM1ftXilvbAUu4q+2Zk19eQDP5NUNAeJja6W6zXO2zrQ+ABjkn9GS35UhlI QgRBHpUkMQSQtHYDseSYtnbpjg6Qg9N8PqZfvaSpefVnb+x+V5SDl48Y4kdj7KTVHdMI ncuQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWAXWYS2iVPi5L+ygH1npBqxGLRDKow/ccm2jlcQhjYkRn+l6Yg 0xZaq0iMG9j2eBLbkhjnJhg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxVZwihYQcbVrA8rkfscHL9ZqHBdLCC7UCUg5xJlN9fB/FVbkP732RNCwU/4wcK68/KGBDnzw== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:6b12:: with SMTP id g18mr3776762otp.211.1580397264706; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:14:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.83] ([99.85.27.166]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x22sm1937255otk.23.2020.01.30.07.14.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:14:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Converting scripted commands to built-ins, was Re: [GSoC] Exploring Previous year Projects To: Johannes Schindelin , Jakub Narebski Cc: Shourya Shukla , christian.couder@gmail.com, t.gummerer@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com References: <20200129171248.6217-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> <86k15ars55.fsf@gmail.com> From: Derrick Stolee Message-ID: <39a8c249-f0bc-fb0f-2ed5-5ecceb6d4789@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:14:22 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:73.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/73.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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!). As I recall, a bit part of what prevented more going into submodule--helper was isolating the_repository and allowing multiple repositories in-memory at once. That effort has stalled since Stephan has moved to other things. (I will also admit that perhaps I am wrong: is it complete, rather than stalled?) I would be happy to see more progress in this area, and it could be a good way to get familiar with the codebase and submitting patches. > 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. So, I'm sending this message just to say "DRAGONS BE HERE" and recommend taking on a smaller project. Thanks, -Stolee