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How to create a Provider
Creating a GuPM provider, will add the support to any possible repository out there, for you to install packages. And it is a lot easier than it sound!
You can check the official repository for examples: https://github.com/azukaar/GuPM-official
First, let's setup our folder. Use this command at the root of a new Git repo:
git init
g pl create
This will create a folder for your provider. By default, this provider will publish itself in the docs/ folder of your repo (Using GitHub pages as a repo).
The Install command for you plugin will be :
g plugin install https://yourRepo:yourPackage
But for now, we do not need to install it, simply link it.
cd provider-NameOfTheProvider
g pl link
This will create a symlink between the current folder and the plugin folder. In order to "hook" into GuPM, all you have to do is to create .gs files in this folder based on the hook list.
The only one that is necessary to implement is resolveDependencyLocation (By default it will only use the name as a url). You can alternatively implement getDependency if your repo doesn't support grabbing package by HTTP.
// resolveDependencyLocation.g
Dependency.url = "http://someServer.com/" + Dependency.name + "/" + Dependency.version
Dependency;
Finally, when your plugin is ready, simply publish it. In the provider's folder, execute :
g publish
Go back to the root of the git repo, and push your branch. Don't forget to write a friendly Readme, and let us know you created a plugin!