On 5 Oct 2008, at 00:30, Jay Levitt wrote:
Just a thought I had in the shower:
Most attempts at CMS version control end up reinventing large parts
of subversion/git/etc. inside the database. Instead...
Why not use something like FuseFS to implement a filesystem that
maps the Radiant asset tree to paths like "/dev/radiant/pages/
home_page"? Then use the version control system of your choice.
That's not wacky, it's a great idea!
The file_system extension was designed for this purpose. Check it out
here:
http://github.com/nelstrom/radiant-file-system-extension/tree/master
It was originally designed by Sean Cribbs, but I am responsible for
maintaining it now. If you choose to try it out, I would recommend
taking a backup of your database first, as the behaviour is not
entirely predictable. In particular, I would recommend save/load all
models at all times. e.g.
rake file_system:save
rake file_system:load
DON'T do this:
rake file_system:save:layouts
rake file_system:load
Which would wipe pages and snippets from your database, preserving
only layouts. This is a bug that I plan on fixing asap.
At the moment, the extension doesn't play very well with subversion,
so be aware of this if you choose to add the design directory to a svn
repository. The reason has to do with subversion placing a hidden .svn
directory inside every directory that is under version control. Any
scm system that doesn't do this (such as git) should play fine with
the file_system extension. I plan on addressing this issue, but
haven't decided on the best strategy yet.
Cheers,
Drew
[1]: http://ext.radiantcms.org/extensions/
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