[GSOC Update] Week 7

[Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>]

================================= SUMMARY ==================================
My public git.git is available here[1]. I regularly keep pushing my work so
anyone interested can track me there. Feel free to participate in the
discussions going on PRs with my mentors. Your comments are valuable.


=============================== INTRODUCTION  ==============================
The purpose of this project is to convert the git-bisect utility which partly
exists in the form of shell scripts to C code so as to make it more portable.
I plan to do this by converting each function to C and then calling it from
git-bisect.sh so as to use the existing test suite to test the function which
is converted.

Mentors:
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>


================================== Updates =================================
Things which were done in this week:

 * I have converted check_and_set_terms() and have also sent an RFC[2] to the
   mailing list for discussion which hasn't yet collected any comments. It is
   kind of important to discuss this as it uses a way to set the global
   variables in the script by writing it to a file and then reading it.

 * I have also converted bisect_next_check() but this has a bug which will
   soon be fixed. This is available here[3].

 * I have converted get_terms().

 * I am on my way to convert bisect_terms() which should probably finish by
   tomorrow.

 * I also send out a patch[4] which describes the return value of
   strbuf_read_file() and is queued on the pu branch.

================================= NEXT STEPS ================================
Things which would be done in the coming week:

 * Finish off bisect_terms().

 * bisect_run().

 * bisect_replay().

 * I have my mid term evaluations this week. Hope I clear it successfully.

[1]: https://github.com/pranitbauva1997/git
[2]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/297520
[3]: https://github.com/pranitbauva1997/git/pull/17
[4]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/297266

Regards,
Pranit Bauva