Hi Merlijn,

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Merlijn van Deen <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Amir,
>
> Have you looked at the patch I committed for core? The same technique
> might be applicable to compat.
>
> I looked for your patch but I couldn't find it, what was your technique?
Frankly I think complete separation of git and pywikibot (for users, not
developers) fixes this utter chaos and IMO it's best way to prevent other
bugs


> Otherwise, you could revert the patch that broke it (which is probably one
> of the last ones in
> https://github.com/wikimedia/pywikibot-compat/commits/master/pywikibot/version.py)
>
> I didn't check who did this but I think git version numbers (and dates)
are vital for debugging and bug reporting and I don't like reverting it,
even though finding a solution for this bug took like 10 hours.


> Merlijn
>
>
> On 29 March 2014 00:43, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I forgot to add the patch
>> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/121891
>>
>> and If you think this way is not best way to fix this issue, let's
>> discuss because I tested every other possible way
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 4:11 AM, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> As you may know due to bug 
>>> 61846<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61846>,
>>> It is impossible to run pywikibot in Windows
>>>
>>> It was because git version control system doesn't work properly in
>>> systems that git isn't installed (obviously) and decrypting txt files in
>>> .git folder isn't our job
>>>
>>> I tried to solve by logging commits in a text fie in 
>>> here<http://tools.wmflabs.org/pywikibot/gitlog.txt>and when it can't be 
>>> determined, the bot retrieves this file, finds out
>>> what is the version and adds it to cache.
>>>
>>> It's the patch and It hasn't been merged yet because we need to check it
>>> and review it very carefully but sooner is better, So please help and test
>>> this patch in you environment. I tested it on my pc which uses windows
>>> (such a shame) and It worked correctly
>>>
>>> Best
>>> --
>>> Amir
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> Amir
>>
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