Thanks Hariom for your comments. > I would review the rest later. Ok, thank you > It seems like you used my proposal as a template I used your template. Yeah in case there are things to add or remove, I will do so. Thank you so much for your comments, I am working on all of them. i hope by the end of today I will finish On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 11:05 AM Hariom verma <hariom18599@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:28 PM NSENGIYUMVA WILBERFORCE > <nsengiyumvawilberforce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > ##Proposed Project > > > > Abstract > > > > Git has an old problem of duplicated implementations of some logic. > > For example, Git had at least 4 different implementations to format > > command output for different commands. The foremost aim of this > > project is to simplify codebase by getting rid of duplication of a > > similar logic and, as a result, simplify adding new functionality. > > The current task is to reuse ref-filter formatting logic to minimize > > code duplication and to have one unified interface to extract all > > needed data from the object and to print it properly. > > > > ##Previous Work > > > > JayDeep Das(GSoC) tried to “add a new atom ‘signature’”. However, I > > have not been able to find his complete work in the public box, it > > seems his work was not complete. According to > > <https://github.com/JDeepD/git-1/commit/85ddfa4b33f2b6f05524e648e7165c722188093e> > > which was suggested at the outreachy website, it looks like he did not > > complete writing the tests for the signature atom he was unifying. > > Maybe with the help of the mentors, I could plan to start from where > > he stopped from. > > maybe s/stopped from/stopped/ > > You can elaborate a bit more on Jaydeep's work. > Like, > - What tests are missing? > - Any dificulties he faced during writing tests? > > Also, in my final report, I mentioned refactoring the signature logic > according to Junio's comment > (https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqzh7jcqv7.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/). > Does Jaydeep's patch respect Junio's comment? I think you can include > a bit about this too, > > > Hariom Verma contributed(https://harry-hov.github.io/blogs/posts/the-final-report) > > tremendously towards “Unifying Git’s format languages” during his 2020 > > GSoC internship. > > s/Unifying Git’s format languages/Unifying ref-filter formats with > other --pretty formats/ > s/during his 2020 GSoC internship/during GSoC'20/ > > > Hariom finished most of the formatting options and > > this will help me build on his work. His work looks smart and > > understandable thus adding on his work will be easy. And also his blog > > is very fabulous, it’s a shooting point for me to start understanding > > the codebase very well. > > It looks more like praise to me. I'm glad you like my work and blogs. > But I would like to see some details here. > Like work is almost 2+ years old. What changed in pretty.* and > ref-filter.* since then? > Is my work still compatible with the latest changes? > > > Hariom mentions in his report that 30 % of the > > log related tests are failing, he also mentions that the cause of > > tests failure is because of the missing mailmap logic and mbox/email > > commit format. > > Okay. But see if you can gather more details about failing tests and > remaining work. > > > Hariom also says it does not handle unknown formatting > > options. > > what do you mean by "it" here? > > > I plan to start with his advice about the cause of the > > failure of these tests and then intuitively refactor them into > > something cool. > > I didn’t get the line "intuitively refactor them into something cool". > > > ##Summary of remaining tasks by Hariom > > > > -Around 30% log related tests are failing > > > > -Teach pretty-lib.{c,h} to handle incorrect formatting option > > > > -Email/MBoxed commit format needs work > > > > ##Some useful mailing lists links from Hariom > > > > - https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.684.v4.git.1598046110.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ > > > > - https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.707.git.1597841551.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ > > > > - https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.707.git.1597841551.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ > > > > Okay > > > Olga<olyatelezhnaya@xxxxxxxxx> has done great work in “Unifying Git’s > > format languages” during Outreachy Round 15 and continued even after > > that [from 28-09-2017 to 04-04-2019]. Her work is mostly related to > > `cat-file` and `ref-filter`. > > > > She already did a pretty nice job in preparing ref-filter for more > > general usage of its formatting logic. It will give me the possibility > > to make the migration of pretty.c easier. > > ZheNing Hu continued the Olga's work during GSoC'21. You can tell a > bit more about that too. > > -- > > I would review the rest later. > > It seems like you used my proposal as a template. Just want to let you > know, you are not restricted to using any particular template. Feel > free to add or remove any section you find relevant. > > Thanks, > Hariom
