GSoC: Week 3

What did I do in this period?

During this week, I reiterated on t-oid-array which I mentioned in my last blog. In my last blog, I also mentioned that without the_repository->hash_algo being initialized, it will cause segfault when using oid_array_lookup(). To make reviewing easier and to track the removal of the_repository, Patrick introduced a macro USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE, and without defining it, we cannot access the_repository global variable. In the same series, Patrick also ameneded helper/test-oid-array.c and t0064-oid-array.sh to work without having an actual repository and manually initializing the_hash_algo via repo_set_hash(). I am waiting for this series (ps/use-the-repository) to get merged to next, and after that I will rebase on top of it to sent t-oid-array migration to the list.

Apart from this, I also migrated helper/test-oidmap.c to unit-tests/t-oidmap.c, and will send to the list in the coming week. Both t-oid-array and t-oidmap rely on lib-oid introduced with t-oidtree.

In sum, it was a quite week and I did not face any difficulties.

So what is the plan ahead?

After sending t-oid-array and t-oidmap to the list, I will start working on lib-repo (probably). Apart from that oidset.h can also take advantage of the new lib-oid, but currently there are no existing tests for it. If I have some spare time, I’ll write some from scratch as the API is similar to oid-array.h and oidmap.h, so it would not take much time. But I’ll discuss with mentors first before doing so.

Thanks and see ya’ next time!