From: Floyd Wright <tfwright@...>
Date: 2006-08-26T02:20:09+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Piston 1.0.1 - Remote Repository Copying

How embarrassing--normally I am capable of using email.  Please disregard.

Floyd Wright wrote:
>  From the Ruby-Talk list.  I didn't look into this too closely, but it 
> may be useful for a scenario where we use a set of flexible 'power-tool' 
> plugins in every project.
> 
> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Francois Beausoleil wrote:
>>
>>> http://piston.rubyforge.org/
>>>
>>> From the README:
>>>
>>> Piston is a utility that enables merge tracking of remote
>>> repositories. This is similar to svn:externals, except you have a
>>> local copy of the files, which you can modify at will. As long as the
>>> changes are mergeable, you should have no problems.
>>>
>>> Piston has a similar purpose than svnmerge.py which you can find in
>>> the contrib/client-side folder of the main Subversion. The main
>>> difference is that Piston is designed to work with remote
>>> repositories. You should also investigate if SVK would be a better fit
>>> for you.
>>>
>>> From Wikipedia's Piston:
>>>
>>>    In general, a piston is a sliding plug that fits closely inside
>>> the bore of a cylinder.
>>>
>>>    Its purpose is either to change the volume enclosed by the
>>> cylinder, or to exert a force on a fluid inside the cylinder.
>>>
>>> For Piston, we retain the second meaning, to exert a force on a fluid
>>> inside the cylinder. In our case, the fluid is the code copied from
>>> the remote repository.
>>>
>>> = Installation
>>>
>>> $ gem install piston
>>>
>>> Piston Home Page: http://piston.rubyforge.org/
>>>
>>> Have a nice day !
>>> -- 
>>> Fran�ois Beausoleil
>>> http://blog.teksol.info/
>>
>>
>>     Very cool Francois!
>>
>> Thanks-
>> -Ezra
>>
>>
>>
>>
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