On 1 February 2012 14:44, Damien Pollet <damien.pol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31 January 2012 15:59, Otto Behrens <o...@finworks.biz> wrote: >> I was wondering more if it is possible to do without having a file >> system checkout of the class definition. In other words, if the class >> definition in the image could serve as the working copy of the object >> in the git repository. I must read more on what the other guys did >> with the git interfaces (such as gitfs and gitosis) to understand what >> it comes down to. >> >> If this is possible, it would make merging, loading and committing >> essentially one step. > > Have you seen what Camillo did? > http://www.squeaksource.com/FSGit > https://github.com/dh83/fs-git-test > > Note the layout with class comment in a README file, etc :)
That is _exactly_ the right thing to do! Bravo, Camillo! Also note how Nested-Package-Names end up looking like you might expect. Is there any necessity for storing a chunk? For instance in https://github.com/dh83/fs-git-test/blob/master/AAA/AAA.class/instance-side/as%20yet%20unclassified/a.st we have !AAA methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'CamilloBruni 1/23/2012 19:15'! a | a | ^ a! ! with the ugly chunk !s. The only thing we can't directly regenerate is the timestamp: modulo that, we know the class name, the category (the name of the directory you're in), the author (from the author of the git commit). You'd have a disconnect between the git commit time and the time in the chunk which would, IIRC, be the time you hit Alt-S in your browser? Or would that be file-out time, which would likely then be the timestamp in the git commit? > There is a also nearly working implementation of the git network > protocol (stubbed using the git binaries ATM). > > >> The disadvantage could be a tight coupling with git. > > is that really a disadvantage, compared to a tight coupling with monticello? With the added advantage of the git ecosystem thrown in for free - git hosting, rss feeds on git repositories, and a host of other things that would not need to be reinvented for Smalltalk. Letting us, to get to the punchline, do _more interesting work_. frank > > > -- > Damien Pollet > type less, do more [ | ] http://people.untyped.org/damien.pollet >
