[GSOC Update] Week 9

[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(), bisect_next_check() and
   bisect_terms() and have also sent an RFC[7] to the
   mailing list for discussion which hasn't yet collected any comments from
   the list. My mentors have given their reviews on github and I will soon
   send the final patch series this week.

 * I have partly converted bisect_start() and a few ending parts are left.

 * I have stalled bisect_replay() for now as before I thought I would partly
   convert it and then call bisect_start() from it but then I realized its
   not worth the effort. So I will continue work on this after I finish
   bisect_start().

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

 * Finish off bisect_start().

 * Finsh off bisect_start().

 * Finish off bisect_autostart() (small one, wouldn't take much time but it
   depends on bisect_start()).

 * Start with bisect_next().

This has been a slow week as I was meeting a few friends before their college
began and I plan to cover more in the upcoming week as even my semester is
going to start soon and I wouldn't prefer carrying over the work to my
college.

My next semester starts on 18th July.

======================= My Patches (GSoC project only) ======================

 * check_term_format patch[5]. This is in pu branch. The topic is pb/bisect.

 * bisect_write patch[6]. This is the v3 in the series. This has some minor
   nits as provided by Lars and I will send out a re-roll soon. This is also
   in the pu branch and is applied on top of pb/bisect.

 * bisect_terms patch[7]. This is an RFC and open for discussions. It would
   be very helpful if you can review it over github[8] as my mentors have also
   provided some comments.

[1]: https://github.com/pranitbauva1997/git
[3]: https://github.com/pranitbauva1997/git/pull/17
[4]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/297266
[5]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/295518
[6]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/298263
[7]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/298279
[8]: 

Regards,
Pranit Bauva