On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 3:16:00 PM UTC+1 igi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Stefan, > > You might recall we had a similar discussion quite a while back. > https://groups.google.com/g/tortoisesvn/c/SEzMVnRPEZo/m/3bCYH1R_CQAJ > And as you can read in the old thread, I told you back then that this is a bad idea. > > I'm only now looking at this again. Whether good or bad, scoop package > manager doesn't necessarily execute the .msi file, but rather just extracts > the files in the .msi package using LessMSI (some caveats around this, but > assume this is true). > I will not comment on this, because what I would have to write about this is not suitable for this forum. > > tortoisesvn is already included in the scoop repo ( > https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Extras/blob/master/bucket/tortoisesvn.json > ), but no other Tortoise client exists and I'm trying to add more, starting > with TortoiseGIT. I've already added the package at > https://github.com/igitur/scoop-extras/blob/add-tortoisegit/bucket/tortoisegit.json > > , but because the .msi file is just extracted, the overlay icons *are* in > fact duplicated on my machine. I can see them in these directories: > just a quick look at the TSVN json and I'm already shocked. The version check uses the download.html page and a regex??? Use this https://tortoisesvn.net/version.txt > > - d:\scoop\apps\tortoisesvn\current\Common\TortoiseOverlays\ > - d:\scoop\apps\tortoisegit\current\Common\TortoiseOverlays\ > and that's scoops problem: the overlays would be installed in commonAppdata folder, the same for both Tortoise clients. There would not be a second folder. > At any given moment, I can't be sure which of these versions are actually > registered in the registry. I'm trying to improve this by creating an > explicit tortoiseoverlays package on which > other Tortoise clients will depend. This is the way of scoop package > manager. I know you don't approve, but for us that like scoop, I don't see > another way to accommodate multiple Tortoise clients. I accept the risks > that you mention. For example, I know that mixing installations via scoop > and traditional methods will possibly break some instances. > > So, all I'm looking for (if it exists) is a readily available archive of > all the icon sets that I can download and extract once the new > tortoiseoverlays scoop package is installed. There are many workarounds, > including cloning the entire git mirror and copying only the icons, but > that is using a nuclear warhead to hit in a nail. > > Please help me out or tell me if such an archive isn't available. > No, such an archive is not available. But you could create your own zip of all the icons - they haven't changed in years... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tortoisesvn+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/26747ba5-141f-4b63-87c8-c120f2b70c31n%40googlegroups.com.
