On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:17:41AM +0200, Christian Boos wrote:
> Hello Douglas,
> 
> Douglas Stanley wrote:
> > Hello list, I'm new to the list and to trac in general. My employer
> > likes the "Browse Source" feature of trac, but would like to have a
> > similar browse feature be available for a simple directory structure
> > on disk (i.e. not a vcs repository).
> >   
> 
> I had the same idea, but never got around implementing it.
> I think I could probably assist you in this project.
> 
> > They like how the directory is listed nicely and the mimeview plugins,
> > but have files they don't want to store in version control, but would
> > still like them browse-able similar to how the TracBrowser does it.
> >
> > So my question is, do any of you know if a plugin like this has
> > already been written? If not, is it even feasible? I'm assuming I
> > could write a fake version control plugin if I needed to?
> >   
> 
> A "FileSystemRepository" would certainly be possible, perhaps a few 
> places in the Browser module should be adapted (like coping with missing 
> version info).
> Of course, this project would have to be based on the 
> /sandbox/multirepos branch of Trac, as otherwise you would have to 
> choose between a "normal" vcs repository and this fs repository. 
> MultiRepos allows one to have both, and actually as many different fs 
> roots as needed.
> 
> As the code for this shouldn't actually be too big, the feature would be 
> self-contained and of "universal" use, I think it would be even suited 
> for being included in Trac proper. What do others think?
> 
> -- Christian

I'm certainly +1 on the idea and a big +2 on getting multirepos back to trunk 
(yeah, I know, resources are finite).

Jeff
_______________________________________________
th-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.trac-hacks.org/mailman/listinfo/th-users

Reply via email to