On 05-06-16 09:02, Akbar Gumbira wrote: > *Are you blocked on anything?* > ... In Github or Bitbucket they provide a direct link to > the raw file. But I think I should look at more general approach without > manipulating the URL depending on the host. If you have some input, I > would be happy to assess it.
Thanks Akbar, I did some googling: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14405782/git-fetch-single-file-from-remote-repository-programatically If you really want to keep it git, it looks like a shallow clone/copy is the only way? That post also talks about some undocumented feature, but I would not depend on that? Personally I would be ok when both Github and Gitlab/Gog would work (as both a closed source and open source member of the git-web-world)... Or: a script running somewhere on our server, (shallow) cloning all registred repositories periodically, and making just the metadata.txt files available via http/webserver? (maybe giving us some time to check the repo's on structure and (malicious?) content? Or else: a django app for the metadata... Regards, Richard _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
