Hello, which is the difference of installing a plugin using script/
plugin install, and installing it using svn export?
Hi,
Hello, which is the difference of installing a plugin using script/
plugin install, and installing it using svn export?
If you use svn export you are just copying the code tree to your vendor
directory. When you use plugin/install you are also copying the code
tree, but the script named “install.rb” at the plug-in root is executed
too. If the plug-in needs any kind of installation (like copying some
files) then it’s likely the code for that will be at the install.rb
script. The same is true for uninstalling and the uninstall.rb script.
There a number of plug-ins that don’t use the install.rb script but
rake tasks instead. Thus, you can install the plug-in either by using
install, a checkout, or even by copying the code directly between two
projects and then running the installation task.
My personal preference is not to use any code at install.rb but just a
simple output of the README file, in which I explain which dependencies
-if any- the plugin has, which tasks are included within, which
configuration variables are available, and a simple use case.
There is also another difference between using plugin/install and a svn
checkout. By using plugin/install you can install a plugin via http,
without having subversion installed, so for some cases that would be a
plus.
regards,
javier ramírez
Eduardo Yáñez Parareda wrote:
Hello, which is the difference of installing a plugin using script/
plugin install, and installing it using svn export?
Use piston.
script/plugin install just copies the files in. But script/plugin
install -x
uses svn:externals to bond your files to two repositories, yours and the
plugin’s. That’s bad because each time that plugin’s author commits, you
get
a new version. That author might practice Continuous Integration!
svn:externals is for sharing code within one team, so you can trust each
others’ practices.
piston fixes this issue by putting the plugin truly into your own
repository, and storing its home repository in its secret properties.
Then
‘piston update vendor/plugins/thing’ will re-download the source, on
command. This is ideal, because you can track that plugin’s changes and
only
get what you need.
–
Phlip
http://assert2.rubyforge.org/
Thank you, I didn’t know the interaction with install.rb file.