Re: [xwiki-devs] First alpha version of the GitHub App

On Dec 22, 2011, at 7:29 PM, Ludovic Dubost wrote: The repository has been created for you at https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/GitHub-Application

Enjoy! -Vincent > Feedback welcome > > Ludovic > > 2011/12/22 Ludovic Dubost<ludovic(a)xwiki.com> > >> >> Hi devs, >> >> As we have moved to GitHub, I've started coding an equivalent of the >> SVNApp ( >> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/SVN+Application) for >> GitHub, which should ease up commiting pages from XWiki to GitHub, and >> because the GitHub SVN bridge is unfortunately not compatible with SVNKit. >> >> The bad news is that it's not a GitApp which seems very difficult to do as >> it relies on a local clone of the repository which is quite overkill when >> in an XWiki. >> The good news is that thanks to the GitHub API and a java wrapper from >> Eclipse, it seems fully possible to have the same functionnality as the >> SVNApp. >> >> I've made some good progress, as I've been able to check a repository >> against the Wiki AND I've been able to commit non existant files in an >> existing repository. >> The life proof is the commit of the GitHubApp itself which was done with >> GitHubApp: >> >> >> https://github.com/ldubost/application-githubapp/tree/master/src/main/resou… >> >> It's still a prototype as there is a lot of work left. For now every file >> is commited separately and I've not yet tested updating and other >> complexities, especially as the GitHub api is not that easy to work with >> (many times I had no errors but my updates were not showing up. >> >> Ludovic