On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 12:56:42PM +0000, Dimitris Chloupis wrote: > 1 mb is not big for git , 1 gb is. It's small.
I meant big for Pharo/to be compiled as a method source code, i.e. Something>>xmlFile ^ '<xml> ... 1MB of string...</xml>' > > I version control blender files of 100-500mbs with ease . Git is always > very fast. > > I have used image files (PNG) for my project ChronosManager ,it fetches > them together with the repo, they sit in their own image folder inside the > repo folder that contains the code . I then open them with a path I get > using filesystem currentdirectory method and then I navigate inside the > folder searching using the name of folderminside the github-cache > subfolder. You can find the code in that project. > > Don't know if that is the best way to do this , it works for me. I also > check to make sure that images are not already loaded in the image because > git may be fast but Pharo is very slow when loading PNG files. I load them > once and save the image in them and I reload only if I change one of the > PNGs. > > I have also created a mechanism to detect whether there is an update in the > github repo and only then pull the git repo. It's a cheap hack where I put > version info in the README which I access online and parse. I have created > this way an auto update API. I could fine tune it to provide precise meta > data of which png is updated and fetch only that but I have not felt the > need so far to do this. > On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 at 19:52, Peter Uhnak <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > is there a common/best practice for using external files in tests? > > > > In my specific case I am interested in git-based projects, where I have a > > big (~1MB) file stored in repository and I would like to use it in my tests. > > > > For GitFileTree project I could presumably use the following to access it: > > > > 'OP-XMI' asPackage mcPackage workingCopy repositoryGroup remotes first > > directory / 'tests' / 'my-test-file.xmi' > > > > This will retrieve the MCPackage of the Package and then retireve where it > > the repo is actually stored on the disk. > > > > Are there better ways to do this? Could something similar be done with > > IceBerg? > > > > (p.s. in theory I could compile the entire file (e.g. 1MB) to a method, > > but that is very ugly to me) > > > > Thanks, > > Peter > > > >
