On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 06:33:48PM -0400, Sean Glazier wrote: > Thank you, Peter for documenting that :-). While I think git tools are OK, > my opinion though is that Smalltalk hub should be moved forward as well.
While SmalltalkHub works for code storage, it is also just that, a storage. Trying to run a service competing with the likes of GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab is frankly waste of resources that could be better invested into things that are relevant for the mission of Pharo. > I git you are working with files and text and it does not have the notion of > classes and methods and > the value of being able to see the history of the class / methods. I've seen this argument many times and yet it is completely false. You can actually retrieve the history of a single method even for languages that truly do use just files (C, ruby, …), although a fair bit of scripting would be required, but the history is there. The used FileTree format that writes each method to a file makes this much more simpler. > thing like renames and in cincom namespace renames and moves. Funny that you mention renames, considering that SmalltalkHub cannot handle renames or track changes/moves across packages. > I know this idea is a tall order. If we improved our tools to beable do > this, no matter what the repository is behind it, that would be very > helpful and powerful. I think it is a challenge in git because it is > dealing with text and does not have a notion of what a class is etc. class -> directory, method -> file makes it much more easier. But even if it was all a dump into a single file, the bottom line is, it is always only a question of tooling. After all, don't forget that whatever format you use, if you are storing it on hard drive it's in a file. You just have tools on top. Peter
