Hi, On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 3:56 PM Hariom verma <hariom18599@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would love to get my proposal reviewed and have suggestions from you all. Sorry for the late reviews. [...] > My task is to change formatting logic in pretty.c. Actually, to remove > the current formatting solution and reuse solution from ref-filter > (maybe without changing pretty.c logically). > As Thomas<t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> > [suggested](https://public-inbox.org/git/20190331184930.GV32487@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/), > I’ll start by first looking at what actually needed to be replaced > (for example by studying the PRETTY FORMATS section in 'man git-log', > what which verbs you can use in the ref-filter ('man > git-for-each-ref') to achieve the same thing. > Then I’ll research how one format is implemented in 'pretty.c', and > see how a similar thing using the ref-filter is implemented in > 'ref-filter.c'. > e.g. the "%(objectname:short) %(contents:subject)" (this is missing > coloring, but just to get you the idea) is similar to > '--pretty=oneline'. Now one can try to find how 'oneline' is > implemented in 'pretty.c', and could translate that to use the > 'ref-filter' API. > The idea is to use various atoms present in ref-filter to implement > pretty format options. Yeah, I think that's a good idea. > Valid atoms in ref-filter: > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/ref-filter.c#L474-L520 [...] > ## Blogging about Git > > I have always been reluctant to articulate my opinions and broadcast > them to the world in any way. I have a long way to go as a writer, > thinker, and as a human being before my opinions on matters of > personal significance to me will be worth sharing. (Whoa! I have > opinions about my opinions! Ad infinitum!) > Having said that, I think GSoC and Git might be a great couple for > facilitating my first foray into technical blogging. And over the > course of the summer and beyond, I would love to write about my > progress and experiences contributing to Git. Good. If it appears to be too much of a problem, it's ok to just send weekly email updates to the mailing list.
