Subject: Re: On Plasmate's recent project list

[Shantanu Tushar Jha]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Yuen Hoe Lim <yuenhoe86 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is also another problem and it still can get sticky :) When importing
> a 'project group' tarball, what happens when there are project folders with
> the same name in the target drive? It doesn't make sense to force an
> overwrite, so we'll need to seamlessly


IMO, the import/export tarball feature will be used only for backup and
restore purposes. In that case, forcing an overwrite *will* make sense, and
that is what I originally meant. We aren't aiming for a per-project export
feature. Think of it as 'Backup All Projects' and 'Restore All Projects'. I
hope I'm able to explain what I originally meant.

Cheers,

rename the folders underneath (the user isn't aware of project folder names,
> so we can name them whatever we want as long as it avoids conflict). Now,
> renaming the folder will have implications for the git repository right...?
> Or am I just being overparanoid again :)
>
>
> ----
> Jason "moofang" Lim Yuen Hoe
> http://yuenhoe.co.cc/
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Shantanu Tushar Jha <jhahoneyk at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 1/24/10, Yuen Hoe Lim <yuenhoe86 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Uhm I dont get your concern; if you tar all the plasmate project
>> directory
>> >> for example, and then untar it, you also tar each git project history
>> >> (because every project has its own local git repo). Thus, when
>> untar-ing,
>> >> you'll get both your projetc files and git repo for free :)
>> >>
>> >
>> > Really? That's why I said I don't know much about git. So the git local
>> > repository is wholly contained in the folders themselves? That'll make
>> > things a lot simpler. Does that also mean that if I just delete the
>> project
>> > folder the git repository goes down with it? :)
>>
>> Yep, even I was wondering why you were saying that. The whole git repo
>> info, the packs etc are there in .git. So, AFAIK, just saving the
>> contents will do.
>> I can implement this "backup-n-restore" thing once you're done with
>> the "More Projects" option :)
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >> yes sir !
>> >>
>> >
>> > xD
>> >
>> > ----
>> > Jason "moofang" Lim Yuen Hoe
>> > http://yuenhoe.co.cc/
>> >
>>
>>
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