That sounds like a good idea (though it might make more sense to use space as the delimiter).
(But also note that it's straightforward to arrange something similar by forking the repository.) -- Raul On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Alex Shroyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Pulling the latest master branch from GitHub is a nice default, but PLEASE > make it possible to specify a particular version. > A simple solution is something like: > > install 'github:username/reponame' NB. latest version from the default > branch > install 'github:username/reponame@076d0d3d7b9e79cedf241be5b668e0df11c8eec3' > NB. a specific commit > install 'github:username/reponame@releasename' NB. tagged commit or > "release" > > This makes it easy to install the latest from the master branch (probably > what people want for development) but also makes it possible to install > specific snapshots for reproducible builds (important for keeping > dependencies sane). > > Just my $0.02. > > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 8:09 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> An update on this - >> >> Tomorrow we will change all Jsoftware SVN repos to read-only, and start >> migrating them to github. I'll post when this is complete. >> >> This should not affect any normal use of J or the J addons. >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 11:49 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > (This is cross posted to general and programming - please send any >> > comments to general.) >> > >> > We plan to move the addons source from SVN to github, and at the same >> time >> > support installs from personal github repos outside the main addons >> source. >> > See code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Addons/GitHub . >> > >> > We have this working now, but would appreciate comments before going >> > ahead, thanks. >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
