On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 10:23, Norbert Hartl <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am 28.11.2018 um 09:38 schrieb Christopher Fuhrman <
> [email protected]>:
>
> Knowing Playground files are saved on local disk, I got to thinking...
> What would be the risk(s) of using git outside Pharo, on the Playground
> files' directory? Has anyone tried that before?
>
> It is not a problem. I use this every day. Meaning all my repos have a
> scripts folder where I put my helper scripts. In the image I open this with
>
> ’scripts’ asFileReference inspect
>

This is great. Thanks!


> so you get kind of a file browser of all the scripts. If you call the
> files with an extension of .st you get syntax highlighting. If you change a
> script with cmd-s the file gets modified and you can check into git. The
> problem here is that if you have modifications in the image you should
> commit that first because if you do on the scripts folder first the image
> working copy is detached and there is no easy way to commit your in-image
> changes. You would have to do a branch which is cumbersome.
>

I'm a bit lost here:

1. Are you using Iceberg within Pharo (when you speak of "committing that
first"), or are you using only git outside of Pharo? Also, I think it's
possible to use a git repo with monticello?
2. I'm not an advanced git user, so how do I set up my Pharo image
directory to work with the 'scripts' folder (again, with Iceberg if
possible, as it seems to be the most user-friendly)?

Thanks for your patience with my beginner questions.

Cheers,

Christopher


> With the scripts in place I have developed a workflow of creating new
> images. I have a script that downloads a new image and renames it for the
> project. And if it finds a script
>
> scripts/prepare-image.st
>
> it gets executed. This contains metacello commands to load the project
> code and settings I need in a new image. This way it is super easy to
> create a new image for your work. And as all the scripts you use are on the
> filesystem there is usually no state in the image that needs to be
> transferred to a new image.
>
> Norbert
>
>
>

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