[GSoC] Blog about weeks 9, 10

[GSoC] Blog about weeks 9, 10

[Abhishek Kumar]

Hello everyone!

Over the last two weeks, I worked on handling mixed commit-graph chains
and adding tests for the new premises - New Git can work with commit
graph files without generation data chunk and New Git handle mixed
commit-graph chains gracefully.

I apologize for the rather slow progress and missing out on the blog
post for Week 9 - My college has re-commenced classes on 3rd August, and
the transition to online learning has been chaotic and uncertain.

Thanks to Dr. Stolee, Dr. Narębski, and Taylor for their continued
reviews and guidance.

https://abhishekkumar2718.github.io/gsoc/2020/08/09/gsoc-weeks-9-10.html

Thanks
- Abhishek

Re: [GSoC] Blog about weeks 9, 10

[Derrick Stolee]

On 8/12/2020 2:46 AM, Abhishek Kumar wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> Over the last two weeks, I worked on handling mixed commit-graph chains
> and adding tests for the new premises - New Git can work with commit
> graph files without generation data chunk and New Git handle mixed
> commit-graph chains gracefully.
> 
> I apologize for the rather slow progress and missing out on the blog
> post for Week 9 - My college has re-commenced classes on 3rd August, and
> the transition to online learning has been chaotic and uncertain.

I don't think your progress has been slow. Your patches are coming
after careful testing and I'm not seeing any "new contributor" mistakes!
The only issues I'm seeing are these "higher order" problems related
to mixed Git versions and striving for "perfect patches".

The early school year is causing chaos all around.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.

-Stolee

Re: [GSoC] Blog about weeks 9, 10

[Taylor Blau]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 08:45:01AM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> On 8/12/2020 2:46 AM, Abhishek Kumar wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > Over the last two weeks, I worked on handling mixed commit-graph chains
> > and adding tests for the new premises - New Git can work with commit
> > graph files without generation data chunk and New Git handle mixed
> > commit-graph chains gracefully.
> >
> > I apologize for the rather slow progress and missing out on the blog
> > post for Week 9 - My college has re-commenced classes on 3rd August, and
> > the transition to online learning has been chaotic and uncertain.
>
> I don't think your progress has been slow. Your patches are coming
> after careful testing and I'm not seeing any "new contributor" mistakes!
> The only issues I'm seeing are these "higher order" problems related
> to mixed Git versions and striving for "perfect patches".

Better correct and slow than incorrect and quick -- but I don't think
that you are going slowly at all. These are tough problems to solve, and
getting them right is important.

You're doing great, and I don't think that you are going slow at all.

> The early school year is causing chaos all around.

Yes, and best of luck with beginning the school year. Certainly an odd
time (but feel free to reach out to me privately if you want to talk
about contributing to Git as a student).

> Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Seconded :-).

> -Stolee

Thanks,
Taylor