Re:MacRuby is moving to Github
by tomstuart on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:22PM
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Great news. Thanks, MacRuby.
And now, in the interests of looking a Git horse in the mouth: it's a shame about the CamelCase in the organisation and repository names. Not many people do this on GitHub; for example, GitHub's own organisation name is "github", not "GitHub", even though the company name is ordinarily written in camel case.
Stretching out before me is a grim meathook future of repeatedly typing "macruby/macruby", then seeing "ERROR: macruby/macruby.git doesn't exist", then saying GOD DAMMIT, then retyping it with the caps.
Re:MacRuby is moving to Github
by lrz on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:12PM
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Hmm, is that really a problem? https://github.com/macruby/macruby is working as expected. I assume you would just type the camel case name once, when cloning the repository.
Re:MacRuby is moving to Github
by nikster on Saturday March 26, 2011 @10:59PM
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Case sensitivity on a file system is generally retarded. I think it was an accidental 'feature' of some file systems and now in order to be compatible everyone has to do it. Real world benefit is zero while the annoyance factor is high. Not counting lost productivity due to case related bugs....
Re:MacRuby is moving to Github
by andrewvc on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:07PM
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The fact that it's 2011 and only just now is MacRuby moving to git is a good reminder that getting stuff done doesn't require all the new shiny tools, and other bleeding edge accouterments.
Edit: my point was that sometimes keeping your focus on your problem, not your tools, yields the most gains.
Re:MacRuby is moving to Github
by wtn on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:04PM
(#2373019)
I don't think this is so much about SVN vs Git, I think it's more about bringing MacRuby development to where the center of Ruby development attention is.
More people will click around new source commits and become inspired to make their own contributions.
And now, in the interests of looking a Git horse in the mouth: it's a shame about the CamelCase in the organisation and repository names. Not many people do this on GitHub; for example, GitHub's own organisation name is "github", not "GitHub", even though the company name is ordinarily written in camel case.
Stretching out before me is a grim meathook future of repeatedly typing "macruby/macruby", then seeing "ERROR: macruby/macruby.git doesn't exist", then saying GOD DAMMIT, then retyping it with the caps.
Edit: my point was that sometimes keeping your focus on your problem, not your tools, yields the most gains.
More people will click around new source commits and become inspired to make their own contributions.
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