Re: [GSoC] My Git Dev Blog — Week 6

On 28-Jun-2021, at 22:03, Shourya Shukla [off-list ref] wrote:

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Le dim. 27 juin 2021 à 16:54, Atharva Raykar [off-list ref] a écrit :
Here's the latest instalment of my weekly Git blog:
https://atharvaraykar.me/gitnotes/week6

A peek:

  * Project progress and current strategy.
    (mostly relevant to mentors)

  * Reflections:
    - How does Git even start?
      (https://atharvaraykar.me/gitnotes/week6#how-does-git-even-start)
      This was just something I was curious about, not really important
      to my project. If anyone knows the answer to what I asked in that,
      section, it would be nice to know!

This was a nice read! I always used to wonder how exactly Git starts.
One thing you can do is that link the file/line you talk about. Takes 5-10
minutes extra but is totally worth it in my opinion especially from the
reader's standpoint.

Yeah, makes sense. I'll add the links.

Do keep in mind that if you choose to link a file/line, link it from a
specific tag (in this case a Git version) instead of the usual 'master'
link. There is a reason for this which I leave it to you to find out ;)
If you are not able to figure it out, feel free to PM us or ask on the list.

Right, that makes sense now that you mention it. I did not consider
the fact I have been linking a moving target the whole time.

Heh, I gotta fix all those other blog links now.

Do give Makefiles a read in case you are not well-versed on them. It
might make the 'Git startup' process a bit easier to understand.

Yeah, I did try reading the makefiles at first, but I found it easy to
get lost when I didn't know what to look for at first. I did eventually
understand how the startup works now :)

Reading that Makefile in the past helped me with other undocumented (to my
knowledge) things as well, like support for compile-time instrumentation
with LLVM's ASAN (I plan to write a short blog post about that outside of
my weekly reports someday).