Feature/vcsha

[deweysasser]

Implement a wrapper around vcsh which allows applying vcsh to arbitrary file locations.

[andyleejordan]

I think the functionality implemented here could be merged into vcsh itself, rather than done in a wrapper script. I like the idea, but it'd be cleaner to have vcsh detect the .vcsh file, and set the necessary variables automatically. It already sets to to defaults if they're not set in any of the current sources, I think it'd be as easy as adding ./.vcsh as a config source... I'll try it tomorrow.

[RichiH]

As stated in #110 I would also prefer to fold this back into vcsh proper.

Having a helper script is possible, but this should really be native.

I think either extending the existing config with per-repo configs or introducing distinct files for repo configuration would be the best approach.

Once again, this gets us uncomfortably close to a point at which a rewrite in a higher-level language looks more and more interesting... OTOH, as it stands, vcsh is as portable as humanly possible, today...

[deweysasser]

Got it. Sorry, I was thinking primarily about source control and missed your point. What you say makes sense.

As it seems Andrew is going to work on this today I'll hold off to avoid duplication of effort. If he decided not to I'll give it a shot. I looked through the vcsh script yesterday and the code seems pretty clear.

I do strongly value the portability. I have been using vcsh on cygwin, Ubuntu and CentOS and it works very nicely. I'm recommending it to a colleague who is primarily Mac based.

On March 5, 2014 5:16:24 AM EST, Richard Hartmann notifications@github.com wrote:

As stated in #110 I would also
prefer to fold this back into vcsh proper.

Having a helper script is possible, but this should really be native.

I think either extending the existing config with per-repo configs or
introducing distinct files for repo configuration would be the best
approach.

Once again, this gets us uncomfortably close to a point at which a
rewrite in a higher-level language looks more and more interesting...
OTOH, as it stands, vcsh is as portable as humanly possible, today...

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#114 (comment)

Dewey

[RichiH]

Hi,

is either of you tackling this?

Thanks,
RIchard

[deweysasser]

On 3/6/2014 10:57 AM, Richard Hartmann wrote:

Hi,

is either of you tackling this?

I have not, but I will if that's not going to conflict with Andrew's work.

D

[andyleejordan]

I'll be giving it a go tomorrow night / Saturday, too much homework in the way until then.

[andyleejordan]

I've got something that works, but should be reviewed, making a PR in a minute.

[andyleejordan]

Yeah, I procrastinated homework a bit :) Let me know what you think.

[deweysasser]

Closing request in favor of #115 or #117