On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 11:18:14 AM UTC-7, Richard wrote: > > Hello Martin, > > And sorry if I hurt feels (community), but it only me thinking... > > If I was you, I would avoid rely to such web2py feature (I am thinking to > web2py upgrade button in admin here)... First the versioning feature limit > you to linear change history (no branches) and to mercurial... Mercurial is > nice, but if I start all over I would pick git over mercurial except for > tortoise-ng which I would miss a lot. Git is so much more widespread than > mercurial and mastering it allow you to contribute to many open source > software on github (ex.: web2py). > > There is the hg-git extension to allow access to git repos from mercurial. I haven't gotten around to using it yet, so I can't give specific advice. (I've used hg-convert to make local copies of SVN repos, but not to update the SVN repos. hg-convert can also be used to turn a branch into a project, and other housekeeping tasks.)
I have limited experience with git and github (see web2py book), but that looks to change. If you are alone in a project, linear commit history is workable, but at > some point you will want to branch to focus on a bug while developping a > feature so you will be force to do it, and then you not anymore can > appreciate your whole history in web2py, so... > I like branches even when working alone. That's one reason why my tuit isn't round ... my itch takes me to the command line. > > Richard > > /dps > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Martin Weissenboeck <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thank you for your fast response. >> I think if "versioning" does not work in web2py the button and the >> chapter from the book should be removed. It is frustrating to try >> something, which does not work. I always think that I have made a mistake. >> >> Regards Martin >> >> 2017-08-30 22:32 GMT+02:00 Dave S <[email protected] <javascript:>>: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 12:11:01 PM UTC-7, mweissen wrote: >>>> >>>> Now another instance of web2py and another ticket. >>>> It seems that web2py does not match this version of mercurial. >>>> Who uses "versioning" with success? >>>> >>>> >>> It's an interface issue. web2py uses an internal interface that's >>> subject to change, and which indeed did change for at least one of the >>> commands web2py uses. I've been meaning to work up using the command >>> server (an official mercurial interface), but haven't filed my tuit very >>> round yet. >>> >>> (I use mercurial in my project, but since I use branches and the web2py >>> usage didn't include that, I just use command-line mercurial. If you're >>> looking for a mercurial gui, TortoiseHg is the best known, and has been >>> ported to Linux as well as Windows. I'm not sure what to use on Macs, but >>> that's probably listed in the wiki at mercurial-scm.org) >>> >>> /dps >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Error ticket for "admin"Ticket ID >>>> >>>> 62.46.34.69.2017-08-30.18-52-32.0686f969-19c0-4400-9e6c-2f79cec2c962 >>>> <type 'exceptions.TypeError'> addremove() takes at least 3 arguments (1 >>>> given)Version >>>> web2py™ Version 2.15.3-stable+timestamp.2017.08.07.12.51.45 >>>> Python Python 2.7.12: /usr/local/bin/uwsgi (prefix: /usr)Traceback >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> 2. >>>> 3. >>>> 4. >>>> 5. >>>> 6. >>>> 7. >>>> 8. >>>> 9. >>>> 10. >>>> >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>> File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 219, in restricted >>>> exec(ccode, environment) >>>> File "/home/www-data/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/mercurial.py" >>>> <https://noez.infosms.org/admin/default/edit/admin/controllers/mercurial.py>, >>>> line 87, in <module> >>>> File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 409, in <lambda> >>>> self._caller = lambda f: f() >>>> File "/home/www-data/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/mercurial.py" >>>> <https://noez.infosms.org/admin/default/edit/admin/controllers/mercurial.py>, >>>> line 50, in commit >>>> addremove(repo) >>>> TypeError: addremove() takes at least 3 arguments (1 given) >>>> >>>> Error snapshot [image: help] >>>> <https://noez.infosms.org/admin/default/ticket/admin/62.46.34.69.2017-08-30.18-52-32.0686f969-19c0-4400-9e6c-2f79cec2c962#> >>>> <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>(addremove() takes at least 3 arguments (1 >>>> given)) >>>> >>>> 2017-08-30 13:20 GMT+02:00 Martin Weissenboeck <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> I want to try the admin versioning. >>>>> mercurial is installed, hg --version shows 2.8.2 >>>>> >>>>> And a click on versioning gives "Sorry, could not find mercurial >>>>> installed" >>>>> >>>>> What is wrong - any ideas? >>>>> Regards, Martin >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Resources: >>> - http://web2py.com >>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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