Re: [Outreachy] Introduction

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Thank you Jonathan, will happily get to it.


Hoping you all have a nice weekend,

Joey



‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Friday, October 16, 2020 5:08 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Joey,
>
> Joey S wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > I'm Joey Salazar, an Outreachy 2020 applicant certified in CCNA and
> > Linux+, with some experience in C for both private and open source
> > repositories (BIND at gitlab.isc.org/Joey), community code reviews,
> > and automated tests in bash. I'd like to contribute to the "Add Git
> > protocol support to Wireshark" project and improve my skills, yet
> > remain open to a different project if that'd be preferable.
>
> Welcome!
>
> > I have installed and built git, followed
> > git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information and checked the
> > sample email thread [1], as well as the tutorial
> > git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution and created the psuh command
> > files here [2].
> > After following the git.github.io/Outreachy-21-Microprojects page
> > I'd like to work on the 'Use test_path_is_* functions in test
> > scripts', and given that Charvi Mendiratta might be working on tests
> > t7101,t7102 and t7201 as per this ml thread [3], I'd like to check
> > with the group if working on tests t7006 and t7300 would be ok.
>
> I'd recommend just doing a single file. t7006 is a good one.
>
> > In parallel, I'm following
> > gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/wikis/Development as suggested
> > through the #git-devel IRC channel
>
> Yes, building wireshark and making your first modification to it would
> be a good next step.
>
> One possible first modification would be to teach
> epan/dissectors/packet-git.c about sideband. See "Packfile Data" in
> git's Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt for how sideband
> works.
>
> Alternatively you can run wireshark and see if anything you see
> bothers you and make a first contribution that improves on that. :)
>
> Happy developing.
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
> > [1] public-inbox.org/git/1386590745-4412-1-git-send-email-t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u
> > [2] github.com/j-sal/git/tree/psuh
> > [3] public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD1m2zXUm1PXmJKW2MxA9XZVUOkBFA62jLP7jx6_DCYZGw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [4] git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Transfer-Protocols
>
> [5] https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/202010/msg00042.html






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