Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Sometimes, we need to meet people where they are. If they choose to > use a proprietary editor, we can help them use that to work on our > project. Yes, that's a good point to make. I found that the thrust of the suggestion made in the last part of Ævar's message was "if you are user of VSCode, what we have in contrib/ may help your use of debuggers in it", which was in line with the above. >> Leaving aside completely *where* we should put such a thing I'd expect >> something much more like: >> >> BEGIN QUOTE >> >> == Using debuggers == > ... >> === GUIs === > ... > > I was trying to make a similar recommendation in my review. The point is > not "You should use a debugger, here is VS Code", but rather ... Yup, I guess that makes three of us? > I think that we might want a new file where Git developers can > share best practices and custom workflows. Such a document could > help contributors optimize their process to their own tastes based > on the experience of others. I can see a long list of integrations > with editors fitting in there, along with tips like "create a RAM > disk for running tests". > > My proposed name for such a file is "WorkingOnGit" but it's not > fantastic. Suggestions welcome. Sounds like a good thing to have, but would there truly be hints and tips so specific to this project, I have to wonder. I do not think we are in the business of making "how to hack on and debug a project code that is mostly written in C and whose history is managed in Git" tutorial for each IDE, so I am not sure how well it would fly (not opposed to, but skeptical). > Cogoni: In conclusion, I think that if you remove the change to > MyFirstContribution.txt, then your patch can be merged pretty > quickly (probably, that's not my decision). I expect this discussion > about a potential "WorkingOnGit" file to continue, but if it comes > to fruition, your section on VS Code would be welcome. Yeah, the change to that document did feel like it was working at a different level from other changes. Thanks.
