2016-06-05 10:13 GMT+02:00 Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmaili...@duif.net>:
> On 05-06-16 09:02, Akbar Gumbira wrote: > > > *Are you blocked on anything?* > > ... In Github or Bitbucket they provide a direct link to > > the raw file. But I think I should look at more general approach without > > manipulating the URL depending on the host. If you have some input, I > > would be happy to assess it. > > Thanks Akbar, > > I did some googling: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14405782/git-fetch-single-file-from-remote-repository-programatically > If you really want to keep it git, it looks like a shallow clone/copy is > the only way? That post also talks about some undocumented feature, but > I would not depend on that? > > Personally I would be ok when both Github and Gitlab/Gog would work (as > both a closed source and open source member of the git-web-world)... > > Or: a script running somewhere on our server, (shallow) cloning all > registred repositories periodically, and making just the metadata.txt > files available via http/webserver? (maybe giving us some time to check > the repo's on structure and (malicious?) content? > > Or else: a django app for the metadata... > > Regards, > > Richard > > > Hi Akbar, The most flexible installation tool that I know is probably python pip. pip can install software from a zip file, from git and from other sources too. I'd suggest you to have a look to pip implementation of the install functionality, maybe there is some interesting for you. -- Alessandro Pasotti w3: www.itopen.it
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