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project. Shuqi will be mentored by Victoria Dye. Further details about
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the project and updates on progress can be found on [Shuqi's blog](https://cheskaqiqi.github.io/tags/GSoC/).
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Congratulations to the selected contributors!
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Congratulations to the accepted contributors!
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Thanks also to the other contributors who applied and worked on micro-projects,
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but couldn’t be selected! We hope to continue to see you in the community!
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Junio Hamano, the Git maintainer, suggested that some functions that
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are moved to other files should be renamed so that they don't start
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with "strbuf_" anymore, as they are not really string manipulating
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were moved to other files should be renamed so that they don't start
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with "strbuf_" anymore, as they were not really string manipulating
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functions.
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The series was also reviewed by Jeff King, Elijah Newren and Felipe
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Contreras who overall liked it. They commented on some patches
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Contreras, who overall liked it. They commented on some patches
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mostly to add some historical context or to ask for some
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clarifications.
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Calvin sent
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[a version 2 of the series](https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/)
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that added a new patch at the beginning of the series to clarify the
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purpose of the strbuf functions at the top of "strbuf.h". The other
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purpose of the `strbuf` functions at the top of "strbuf.h". The other
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changes in this version were small clarifications in the commit
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messages of some patches or in code comments.
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Junio commented on the last patch of the series though. This patch
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was supposed to remove the use of environment variables according to
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its subject, but was in fact removing the dependencies of strbuf
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its subject, but was in fact removing the dependencies of `strbuf`
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functions on the `comment_line_char` global variable and adding a
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new parameter to those functions instead.
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with the commit message changes suggested by Elijah and Junio.
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Both Eric Sunshine and Phillip Wood chimed in to comment on this
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version. Eric suggested moving further up in "strbuf.h" the comment
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added by the first patch of the series and making it clear that this
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comment is for developers instead of mere users of the strbuf
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version. Eric suggested moving the comment added by the first patch
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of the series further up in "strbuf.h" and making it clear that this
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comment is for developers instead of mere users of the `strbuf`
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functions. Phillip suggested simplifying the parameters of a
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function where a new parameter was added by the last patch of the
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Calvin then sent
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[a version 5 of the series](https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/)
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that included the suggestions made by Eric and Phillip. Eric replied
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which included the suggestions made by Eric and Phillip. Eric replied
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with some further small comments about the first and last patches of
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the series
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the series.
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Calvin then sent
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[a version 6 of the series](https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/)
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something in Git for a full year, what would it be?
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Transition the project to a new refs backend! There have been plenty of great
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discussion around this--whether to go with the reftables backend or a new
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discussions around this -- whether to go with the reftables backend or a new
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format of the packed-refs file. Swapping out the refs backend would be a huge
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undertaking, but well worth it, in my opinion.
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It can definitely be intimidating since the codebase is so storied and
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technically deep. My suggestion is to just dive in and get started with
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something small--whether that be a documentation improvement or a code cleanup
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something small -- whether that be a documentation improvement or a code cleanup
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marked with TODO. Also, keep an eye out for bug reports on the mailing list.
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Fixing bugs also gives you experience with different parts of the code base.
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Part of my intimidation is not knowing how people on the mailing list would
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respond to my contributions. Experiencing how hepful people were, and the
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respond to my contributions. Experiencing how helpful people were, and the
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overall warmth of the community removed a lot of the emotional barrier of
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Spend more time than you think you need to on crafting commit messages. It goes
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Also, look for existing APIs in the codebase 😄
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Also, look for existing APIs in the codebase 😄.
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