[PATCH] git-compat-util.h:rewrite skip_prefix() as loop

2014-03-01 Thread Siddharth Goel
Rewrote skip_prefix() function so that prefix is scanned once. Signed-off-by: Siddharth Goel siddharth98...@gmail.com --- git-compat-util.h | 7 +-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h index 614a5e9..550dce3 100644 ---

Re: [PATCH] git-compat-util.h:rewrite skip_prefix() as loop

2014-03-01 Thread Siddharth Goel
To my surprise, git format-patch had removed the Git Notes that I had put to my commit (regarding GSoC). I have written this patch as a part of the GSoC 2014 MicroProject for Git. Going through the mail-chain I observed that many students have attempted this Microproject. So is it ok if I stick to

Re: [PATCH] git-compat-util.h:rewrite skip_prefix() as loop

2014-03-01 Thread Eric Sunshine
Thanks for the submission. Minor comments below to give you a taste of what it's like to contribute to this project... On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Siddharth Goel siddharth98...@gmail.com wrote: Rewrote skip_prefix() function so that prefix is scanned once. Good description. In this project,

Re: [PATCH] git-compat-util.h:rewrite skip_prefix() as loop

2014-03-01 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Siddharth Goel siddharth98...@gmail.com wrote: To my surprise, git format-patch had removed the Git Notes that I had put to my commit (regarding GSoC). I have written this patch as a part of the GSoC 2014 MicroProject for Git. You probably wanted to use the