peter / git_plugins

A simple Ruby on Rails plugin to keep track of plugins maintained in external Git repositories (think svn externals)

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28db8d4f » peter 2008-09-23 Initial commit 1 GitPlugins
2 ==========
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71dfc9ff » peter 2008-09-24 Removing require from init.... 4 This is a simple plugin has a set of rake tasks to keep track of Rails plugins that are kept in Git repositories.
28db8d4f » peter 2008-09-23 Initial commit 5 The idea is to provide at least some of the functionality of svn externals.
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7 I keep my Rails application in Git and I develop open source Rails plugins that each live in their
8 own repositories. This plugin provides a way to keep track of those plugins and:
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10 1) Bootstrap your Rails app by cloning all the Git plugins needed under vendor/plugins.
11 2) Add all git plugins to .gitignore.
12 3) Be able a git status or git pull on all Git plugins.
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14 As an alternative to using this plugin or some other approach to nested Git repositories you
15 might want to check out Git submodules and the git-rake rake tasks for managing them:
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17 http://github.com/mdalessio/git-rake/tree/master
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19 Please note that Git submodules don't work like svn externals though and as it says in the git-rake README:
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21 "git submodules are inherently not well-suited for frequently updated projects"
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23 For more discussion and alternatives, check out these links:
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25 http://panthersoftware.com/articles/view/3/svn-s-svn-externals-to-git-s-submodule-for-rails-plugins
26 http://effectif.com/2008/4/24/easy-git-svn-for-rails
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28 Example
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71dfc9ff » peter 2008-09-24 Removing require from init.... 31 Add the file config/git_plugins.rb:
28db8d4f » peter 2008-09-23 Initial commit 32
33 GitPlugins.configure do |g|
34 g.plugin :name => "server_config", :url => "git://github.com/peter/server_config.git"
35 end
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37 Checkout the plugin and add it to .gitignore:
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39 rake git:plugins:checkout
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41 Check status and update your plugins:
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43 rake git:plugins:status
44 rake git:plugins:pull
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46 Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Marklund, released under the MIT license