Metacello: Possible to detect updates in a Github repo ?
I was wondering how possible it is to check a github repo for new commits and compare it with the existing code to based on the Baseline loading of a Github repo to Pharo. Is it possible ? I want to make an updater for my project that will pop up a dialog to alert the user for new updates in my Github repo. Does a Baseline have access to git commits and their time/date signature ? By the way Dale forgot to reply previously that I am definetly checking out git tags as you suggested.
On 01/27/2015 10:58 AM, kilon alios wrote:
I was wondering how possible it is to check a github repo for new commits and compare it with the existing code to based on the Baseline loading of a Github repo to Pharo. Is it possible ? Yes, I think there are a couple of different ways to skin that cat. The logic in MCGitBasedNetworkRepository class>>projectDirectoryFrom:version: could be picked apart to determine if a new download is available, but it relies on downloading and partially unpacking the zip file for the given target, which is pretty heavy weight ...
For notifications I would be inclined to look at the github/bitbucket web api and see what can be done. Someday I plan to look into this, but haven't done the due diligence yet.
I want to make an updater for my project that will pop up a dialog to alert the user for new updates in my Github repo.
Does a Baseline have access to git commits and their time/date signature ?
The registry records the `repositoryVersionString` of the loaded baseline which is the SHA of the commit for a filetree/git repo. For the MCGitBasedNetworkRepository, the `repositoryVersionString` is based on the unique identifier for the download, which is not always a commit SHA ... for tags, I think that the identifier is the SHA of the tag ... Timestamp is not always useful since it is the relationship of commits on a branch that is important for comparison purposes ... At then end of the day, though, I think that these issues can be addressed a nice little updater tool can be built ... I will be interested to see what you've done, if you get there first:)
By the way Dale forgot to reply previously that I am definetly checking out git tags as you suggested.
Cool, Dale
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:58 PM, kilon alios <kilon.alios@gmail.com> wrote:
I was wondering how possible it is to check a github repo for new commits and compare it with the existing code to based on the Baseline loading of a Github repo to Pharo. Is it possible ?
Normally, you can define webhooks in github : https://developer.github.com/webhooks/ Every time, there is an event (comit, fork, etc ...) on your repository, you can launch an HTTP POST request somewhere. You can also use existing services : https://github.com/github/github-services/tree/master/docs Regards, -- Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
Thank you both, looks like this one will need some extra work from my part. I will have to postpone it for now because its not a a high priority as other things I planned but will definetly take a look at your pointers Dale and Serge links ASAP at least to get an idea about the direction I will be going with this.
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