Re: [msysGit] Re: [RFH] GSoC 2015 application

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Hi Junio,

On 2015-02-24 19:25, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Matthieu Moy
> <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> About the proposal:
>>
>>   The idea of this project is to dive into the Git source code and
>>   convert, say, git-add--interactive.perl and/or git stash into proper C
>>   code, making it a so-called "built-in".
>>
>> My advice would be to try converting several small scripts, and avoid
>> targetting a big one....
>> add--interactive and stash are relatively complex beasts, perhaps
>> git-pull.sh would be easier to start with.
> 
> Yeah, I think that is a very good suggestion.

Well, git-pull.sh is really small. I did not want to give the impression that the Git project is giving out freebies. But I have no objection to change it if you open that PR.

> Also drop "proper" as if scripted Porcelains are second class citizens ;-)

If you had to deal with the portability/performance issues of the shell scripts I am frequently faced with, you would not call them first class citizens, either.

Ciao,
Dscho
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