[Lynndabel]

cc: Patrick Steinhardt ps@pks.im
cc: Usman Akinyemi usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com

[gitgitgadget]

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[gitgitgadget]

There are issues in commit 3180f1d:
environment: move diff_auto_refresh_index into repo_config_values

• Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
• Commit not signed off

[gitgitgadget]

There are issues in commit 32d9485:
diff: use repo_config_values for diff.autorefreshindex

• Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
• Commit not signed off

[gitgitgadget]

There are issues in commit a1b7d2f:
diff: remove global diff_auto_refresh_index declaration

• Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
• Commit not signed off

[gitgitgadget]

There are issues in commit d0dc9c9:
builtin/diff: use repo_diff_auto_refresh_index getter

• Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
• Commit not signed off

[gitgitgadget]

There are issues in commit c3b1b24:
t4000: add tests for diff.autorefreshindex config

• Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
• Commit not signed off

[dscho]

/allow

[gitgitgadget]

User Lynndabel is now allowed to use GitGitGadget.

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[dscho]

@Lynndabel please note that the Git project insists on the DCO. You can fix it by configuring user.name, then git commit --amend --reset-author --signoff (deleting the superseded Signed-off-by line), and force-pushing.

Also, Git's commit messages are almost never mere one-liners. Please follow the guidance in https://github.blog/2022-06-30-write-better-commits-build-better-projects/ to improve it, in particular with a strong focus on this part:

	What you’re doing	Why you’re doing it
High-level (strategic)	Intent (what does this accomplish?)	Context (why does the code do what it does now?)
Low-level (tactical)	Implementation (what did you do to accomplish your goal?)	Justification (why is this change being made?)

[Lynndabel]

@Lynndabel please note that the Git project insists on the DCO. You can fix it by configuring user.name, then git commit --amend --reset-author --signoff (deleting the superseded Signed-off-by line), and force-pushing.

Also, Git's commit messages are almost never mere one-liners. Please follow the guidance in https://github.blog/2022-06-30-write-better-commits-build-better-projects/ to improve it, in particular with a strong focus on this part:

  What you’re doing Why you’re doing it
High-level (strategic) Intent (what does this accomplish?) Context (why does the code do what it does now?)
Low-level (tactical) Implementation (what did you do to accomplish your goal?) Justification (why is this change being made?)

Thank you. i have committed using the guideline and pushed.

[dscho]

@Lynndabel very good. Now try /preview (as described here) and look over the email that should have been sent to you (don't worry about the Cc:, it will look as if it had been sent to the Git mailing list, too, but it won't have been). If everything looks as you think it should look, run /submit.

[Lynndabel]

/preview

[gitgitgadget]

Preview email sent as pull.2289.git.1793607166561.gitgitgadget@gmail.com

[Lynndabel]

/submit

[gitgitgadget]

Submitted as pull.2289.git.1793607304156.gitgitgadget@gmail.com

To fetch this version into FETCH_HEAD:

git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ pr-2289/Lynndabel/outreachy-contribution-v1

To fetch this version to local tag pr-2289/Lynndabel/outreachy-contribution-v1:

git fetch --no-tags https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/ tag pr-2289/Lynndabel/outreachy-contribution-v1

[gitgitgadget]

Junio C Hamano wrote on the Git mailing list (how to reply to this email):

"Ebele Lynda Okolo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
writes:

> From: Lynndabel <okolo.ebelelynda@gmail.com>
>
> The diff_auto_refresh_index variable is currently a global,
> which makes it difficult to use Git as a library since
> global state can't be isolated between different repository
> instances.

We do not want to put it in repo_config_value, because access to the
structure will barf when given anything other than the_repository,
hence such a move does not help the "library" scene very much to
begin with.

It is only set in diff.c when the ui related configuration variable
is read from the git_config() callback.  The callback is *not*
repository specific but is a synthesized computation result after
reading system, global, and repository configuration files, which is
another reason why it does not look like a good idea to tie this
setting to repo_config_values.

Thanks.