[Eric] Git VCS for Eric4?

Robert Withrow witr-sender-cf3b11 at rwwa.com
Sat Oct 18 16:11:02 BST 2008


Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> On Samstag, 18. Oktober 2008, Robert Withrow wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone gotten Eric4 to work with Git?  I assume this would be
>> another VcsPlugin.  Judging from the code volume in, say, the PySVN
>> plugin this is no minor undertaking...
>>
>> $ wc -l PluginVcsPySvn.py VcsPlugins/vcsPySvn/*.py
>> ...
>> 10283 total
>>
>> I see there is GitPython: http://blog.michaeltrier.com/2008/5/8/gitpython.
>>
>> BTW, I'd like to add my "me too" to the existence of a public repo for
>> Eric4.  Would make creating branches for things like a Git plugin a
>> little easier...
>>     
>
> For making a new plugin, e.g a GIT plugin, there is no need to create a 
> branch. Plugins can be coded separate from eric4. See the CVS plugin as an 
> example. 

Fair enough.  Would you recommend the CVS plugin as a good starting
point for Git?  I looked at the SVN stuff in core first.

I doubt I have the bandwidth to do this, but stranger things have happened.

-- 
Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott, MA, USA


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