Any comment about upcoming Git Rev News edition 107

[chriscool]

A currently mostly empty draft is there:

https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-107.md

Feel free to comment in this issue, suggest topics, suggest persons to interview, or use the edit button (that looks like a pen) to edit and create a pull request with the changes you would like.

Let's try to publish this edition around the end of January 2024!

Thanks!

cc @jnareb @mjaix @sivaraam @gitster @stepnem

[jnareb]

The title of this issue uses 106 instead of 107.

[chriscool]

@jnareb yeah, sorry about it. Fixed now. Thanks!

[jnareb]

A few threads that might be interesting to watch:

• Git Rename Detection Bug - originally a bug report, it turned out into description of differences between rename marking and rename detection, and current limitations of whole directory rename / move detection, and what to do if you need to merge histories that differ by whole directory rename
• Git mirror at gitlab - maybe?

[chriscool]

@jnareb thanks for the suggestions!

[sivaraam]

Regarding the interview for this edition, I've pinged SZEDER Gábor. If I get a reply, I'll ipdate this edition with his interview.

Meanwhile, I'll try to identify other contributors to interview for the next edition. Feel free to let me know if you have potential candidates in mind 🙂

[chriscool]

@sivaraam I think we discussed interviewing former GSoC or Outreachy contributors a number of years after their contributions. No rush, but perhaps we could think about starting to do that for edition 108.

[sivaraam]

That's a good point. Thanks for reminding, Christian! Are there specific contributors that you have in mind?

[chriscool]

I remember a number of previous contributors, especially the ones I mentored, but I actually think that it might be better if you try to find them randomly without focusing on the contributors I mentored.

[sivaraam]

Sure Christian. I suppose it would be ideal to interview those alumni who are still active in the community in some way. Let me try to identify some of them.

Feel free to let me know in case I'm missing anyone who obviously should be interviewed, though. :-)

[jnareb]

Added my links in 350284e (merged in 680d9d1).

[chriscool]

@jnareb thanks for your great links!

I think the following article might be interesting too: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/01/11/the-contributions-we-made-to-the-git-2-43-release/

[chriscool]

@jnareb just for your information Building Git was mentioned in edition 50 with the following:

Announcing Building Git by James Coglan; some of the articles about diff and merge algorithms that form a part of this book were covered in Git Rev News Edition #25.

[jnareb]

@jnareb just for your information Building Git was mentioned in edition 50 with the following:

Announcing Building Git by James Coglan; some of the articles about diff and merge algorithms that form a part of this book were covered in Git Rev News Edition #25.

Thanks @chriscool for the check, fixed in da650ee .

[chriscool]

@jnareb I am not against mentioning "Building Git" again, as 2019 is a long time ago and I think the book is still relevant. I just checked as I think you often mention it when we already talked about something in a previous edition.

[jnareb]

If I remember it correctly, I have bookmarked "Building Git" because there was a promotion (half price I think), but it is no longer present. Was the book updated since 2019, I don't think.

[chriscool]

@mjaix thanks for your fixes in d3bce6b !

[chriscool]

@jnareb are you Ok with adding https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/01/11/the-contributions-we-made-to-the-git-2-43-release/ to the links as I suggest above? If yes do you want me to do it?

[chriscool]

Draft email: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD1C5gbUvdfgzE3BVpXKS39_ciWK74jvi=6z6cARJ_fYjQ@mail.gmail.com/

[jnareb]

@jnareb are you Ok with adding https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/01/11/the-contributions-we-made-to-the-git-2-43-release/ to the links as I suggest above? If yes do you want me to do it?

Yes, I can do it, I will add it in a few minutes.

[jnareb]

@jnareb are you Ok with adding https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/01/11/the-contributions-we-made-to-the-git-2-43-release/ to the links as I suggest above? If yes do you want me to do it?

Yes, I can do it, I will add it in a few minutes.

Added in a91d4a3

[newren]

Opened #684 with some additional details and suggested tweaks to the support article. Let me know what you think.

[chriscool]

@jnareb are you Ok with adding https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/01/11/the-contributions-we-made-to-the-git-2-43-release/ to the links as I suggest above? If yes do you want me to do it?

Yes, I can do it, I will add it in a few minutes.

Added in a91d4a3

Thanks @jnareb !

[chriscool]

Opened #684 with some additional details and suggested tweaks to the support article. Let me know what you think.

@newren thanks a lot! I replied to to your PR.

[mjaix]

Supplied drop 2 (tiny punctuation fixes only and adding Štěpán Němec) in ff3ece2 .

[chriscool]

@mjaix and @stenem thanks for your fixes!

[chriscool]

Edition published and announced in: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD3pMKHSuLFn0z2Nhm056WdArGww8Q3Gx921y0TTsVvy_w@mail.gmail.com/

Thanks everyone!