MacRuby is moving to Github

http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macruby-devel/2011-March/007418.html

by tenderlove • 15 years ago

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andrewvc• 15 years ago

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.

tomstuart2• 15 years ago

Nor does getting stuff done require Ruby, or a Mac. It's just that sometimes it's nice to get things done in a nice way.

ROFISH• 15 years ago

Plus the latest release of XCode, which MacRuby is preferred to use, supports Git natively.

wtn2• 15 years ago

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.

tomstuart2• 15 years ago

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.

wtn2• 15 years ago

Yes, this is irritating, not unlike the RedCloth gem.

lrz• 15 years ago

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.

imajes• 15 years ago

it's a problem on the filesystem.

nikster• 15 years ago

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....

sid02• 15 years ago

Thankfully both the most widely used desktop OSes in the world don't have case sensitivity.

igorgue• 15 years ago

Hope this give the project more attention, because MacRuby is pretty good!

malkia2• 15 years ago

Chrome puts the dot in the URL, so clicking from the email posting goes to https://github.com/MacRuby/MacRuby. instead of https://github.com/MacRuby/MacRuby

Johngibb• 15 years ago

That's not chrome, it's the source of the page:

<A HREF="https://github.com/MacRuby/MacRuby.>https://github.com/M...;

malkia2• 15 years ago

Upps.. My poor user's view. Should've clicked view source

MacRuby is moving to Github

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