No worries, hard to explain things fully when I am too lazy to elaborate fully. I'll try to make a better habit of it. -- Benjamin Hutchins
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Arthus Erea <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I misunderstood you. > > On Jan 11, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Benjamin Hutchins wrote: > > That's not what I was implying. Arthus Erea I believe was saying that after > a user uploads a zip file we can use auto commit to commit the zip to svn, I > was saying "it's just as simple to use normal commit method" because if > we're creating a script there is no need to use auto commit. > -- > Benjamin Hutchins > > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Arthus Erea <[email protected]>wrote: > >> No, that's definitely not as simple... >> Any designer can easily zip up their theme, go to a website, and upload >> their zip. >> >> Committing to SVN requires: downloading/installing SVN client, checking >> out svn, transferring files into svn, getting commit access, and finally >> committing. >> >> Clearly, uploading an archive is significantly simpler than a normal >> commit method. >> >> On Jan 11, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Benjamin Hutchins wrote: >> >> That might be a method to do it. However, if they're uploading an archive >> it's just as simple to use a normal commit method. >> -- >> Benjamin Hutchins >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Arthus Erea <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> As I see it, svn auto-commit would be *part* of the solution. >>> It is relatively easy for us to create a simple PHP script to create a >>> web GUI where you can upload a zip into a directory. If we make a script to >>> then unzip it, svn can autocommit. >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Benjamin Hutchins wrote: >>> >>> This would require us explaining how to network mount to people though. >>> Wouldn't that be just the same as explaining how to commit via SVN? >>> -- >>> Benjamin Hutchins >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Chris J. Davis <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> It is a dir that they mount via webdav usually. Anything saved within >>>> that dir is automatically versioned. No commit messages, but also no / >>>> trunk/tag etc. Just one big dir to dump in. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Jan 10, 2009, at 2:45 PM, ringmaster wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > On Jan 10, 7:57 am, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> The solution that you are asking for (minus putting stuff in zip >>>> >> files) is called svn auto-commit. Make a directory auto-commit, and >>>> >> tell people to put stuff there. All done. >>>> > >>>> > Most folks who are not svn-savvy will fail to include the trunk/tag/ >>>> > branches components of the repo in their archive. A more involved >>>> > automated process with a friendly interface for entering version >>>> > numbers would eliminate the need for any svn knowledge. >>>> > >>>> > I'm not familiar with svn auto-commit. Is it a web server >>>> > technology? Got a link? >>>> > What do people need to know to put stuff into it? >>>> > >>>> > Owen >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
