Intertwingly on Git
I’ve installed git and gitweb, and put up my initial code explorations for a Ruby on Rails based rewrite of this blog’s software. Neither the code nor the tests are all that much just yet, mostly just scaffolding and CSS, a small bit of controller logic, and the autogenerated tests and fixtures. But anybody out there feels compelled to try it out, go for it:
git clone http://code.intertwingly.net/public/git/riggr rake db:migrate rake test
Initial impressions:
- Git is fast
- The integration with ssh and pre/post commit hooks makes even single developer apps a breeze.
Links I found useful in the process:
The biggest issue I have with my own site is my own fault — a lack of test cases and version control. Switching languages requires me to reexamine and reimplement every line.
I’m still keeping a blosxom-like file format, but with this implementation the files are augmented by a SQLite3 based index.
Posted by Sam Ruby atThanks, and for the mention of git as well, which I think I’ll use myself. Looks to be very handy!
Posted by D.Milam at
Re: “a Ruby on Rails based rewrite of this blog’s software” — I’m not a programmer, so forgive the potential naivete of my question here, but is there anything particular about Blosxom/Perl which causes you to ditch it? (I’m trying to find the right dynamic generator for my site, without using a database or falling back to SSI).
Posted by D.Milam at