On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 4:55 AM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 27/01/22 01.29, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > > - Project ideas: There are two mentioned in SoC-2021-Ideas[3] > > but both were picked by GSoC students the previous year. So, > > we would need new ones this year. > > I have several project ideas: > > - Document the "binary diff" format. Right now we have documentation > for all diff formats used in Git, except for binary diff. Hint: > read `diff.c` It seems a bit small as a project idea. Also we usually propose code related projects. It might be a good one for Google Season of Docs though: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/ But I don't think we have ever participated in it. > - Rewrite `git-request-pull.sh` in C. Currently the shell script > implementation hard-codes message template and only outputs to > stdout (though can be redirected to a file using shell means). > In the C version, message template can be configured (with the > default is same as current version) and introduces new > `-o/--output` option to specify output file. In https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2001301154170.46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Dscho put this script in the "Probably better to leave them as shell scripts" category, so you might want to explain a bit more what would be the benefits of converting it. Also would you be interested in mentoring or co-mentoring a GSoC student working on this? Thanks!
