pinto pull <github_url>

[akarelas]

Often I don't want to use a module from CPAN, but rather a module I (or somebody else) forked from Github and edited.

Such is the case with DJabberd, which I'll be forking and maintaining on a github repository.

I think in this case, without the command pinto pull <github_url>, life would be hard (every edit I make would require me to create a tgz and feed it to pinto). With the command (if I'm allowed to repeatedly invoke it, even with no bump in the version number), life would get easy.

[thaljef]

If you want to build dependencies straight from a Git repository, then I think a setup with cpanfile and Carton from @miyagawa might be what you're looking for.

Pinto only deals with packaged distributions (i.e. tar.gz files). However, you could (should) wire up a continuous integration system that builds, tests, and packages your forked repositories on every commit. Then you can automatically ship those packages to Pinto.

@melezhik has been working on Jam which integrates Pinto with your VCS -- that might be helpful. Also, there is Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Pinto::Add which ships your package to a Pinto repository at release time. But that won't be so helpful if DJabberd isn't using Dist::Zilla.

I'll leave this issue open to remind me about your use case. Maybe I'll think of something. But for now, I don't see this in the near future for Pinto.

[melezhik]

@melezhik has been working on Jam which integrates Pinto with your VCS -- that might be helpful

yes, recently I renamed it to pjam :)) ... and I also think that SCM and pinto integration should be done somewhere else, not in pinto - to not complicated the things ... Right now pjam only integrate subversion based projects and pinto, but if it's demanded I may think about git too ... feel free to check out pjam project - introduction may be found there ...

[akarelas]

@thaljef There are github repos such as vti/Twiggy, which is a forked & modified version of the original CPAN one. It's necessary for anyone wanting to use SockJS on their webserver. It would be fun if we could "pinto pull" vti/Twiggy quickly and easilly, that's all I'm saying.

[miyagawa]

this will be supported in Carton 1.1 by appending git URL to requires line in cpanfile.

[thaljef]

It would be fun if we could "pinto pull" vti/Twiggy quickly and easilly, that's all I'm saying.

I agree. Just not sure how to make it work for Pinto.

Here's what I would like to see happen though: @vti releases his version of Twiggy to his repository on Stratopan, and then you can pull it into your own repository (also on Stratopan or elsewhere).