Mike, To your original question about which files to ignore I drop all the MacOS specific files (obviously).
The RESOURCES folder is placed outside the Project folder. Data, Components and Plugins are too. So the actual folder I make the git repo is the database folder. Project folder is really the alternative to the binary files. So inside of this folder I exclude the Preferences, userPreferences and Logs. Here's a recent one: # Untracked files and directories: dataFile/ Logs/ Preferences/ userPreferences.*/ # OS generated files # ###################### .DS_Store .DS_Store? ._* .Spotlight-V100 .Trashes ehthumbs.db Thumbs.db On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:49 AM Mike Kerner via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > method comments are gone - does that mean that they aren't even > exported when the project is created? > It's that way now. I haven't heard anything concrete regarding what the future plans are. I was starting to get agitated about this but when i thought about it the 'method' is a text file now. Where are these comments going to go? Either they are added as a field to the JSON in the file header (not preferable to me) or they are maintained in some sort of separate structure. Like another directory of text files. Nice - but more complexity. So, what are Comments good for? Obviously comments in code are crucial but these are a) more decorative and b) require a separate, specific action to access. The most useful thing for me is that they are the help tips for methods in components. You can't search on them, you can't easily update or export them en masse. I don't think their value is worth the effort to replicate in Project mode. I do think there is a need for improving the documentation in a Project, but the old Comments aren't it. Additionally, recent versions of v18 have a tendency to loose the block comments. It seems like they simply aren't shown, not actually removed. I reverted to an earlier version of v18 (244065) until they fix it. https://forums.4d.com/Post/EN/33167019/1/33167020 Product name 4D - 4D Server [ Previous topic | Next topic ] Build 246179 Platform MacOSX Full Name Kirk BROOKS Bug number ACI0100382 (In Progress) Severity UI/Usability Bitness 64-bit Submited 12/29/2019 - 16:32 CONTEXT: Systems or/and 4D versions or/and hardware where the bug happens: - 4D single user - Systems or/and 4D versions or/and hardware where the bug doesn't happen: - - SUMMARY: This build, and some recent previous ones, do not display block comments. This applies to block comments created in a previous version, 244065 for instance, as well as block comments entered in 246179. This seems to be a display problem. The space the comments occupy is shown but it's blank in 246179. The comments are there, however, Opening the same database in 244065 and looking at the same method I see them. STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE BUG: 1. open a method 2. create a block comment and type something. Comments are visible until the method is closed. 3. close and re-open the method ACTUAL RESULT: comments are not visible EXPECTED RESULT: comments are visible -- Kirk Brooks San Francisco, CA ======================= What can be said, can be said clearly, and what you can’t say, you should shut up about *Wittgenstein and the Computer * ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
