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OK, first off -- awesome! Secondly, I have a number of questions that probably have to do with the fact that I'm unfamiliar with a lot of this stuff. 1. Would

OK, first off -- awesome! Secondly, I have a number of questions that probably have to do with the fact that I'm unfamiliar with a lot of this stuff. 1. Would it be possible to build this fully on top of git (perhaps using libgit2)? I ask, because the "holy" grail for me is finding some magic way for my designers to use git without knowing it. Right now my designers (and I think most non-programmer people), love to use Dropbox. Dropbox has a number of issues as a shared project tool in my perspective (not the least of which being that you are only allowed ONE dropbox account per computer, so you start having a shared folder mess and your dropbox begins to balloon in size on every computer with that account). It appears that something like this could look like Dropbox to everyone disinterested in vcs and act like Git to everyone else who cares. 2. The other reason for libgit2 is to ideally also git-push after every edit/save, to something like github. 3. Max OS X support please :)

martythemaniak 14y ago
Check out Pixelapse, which is kind of like github for designers: http://www.pixelapse.com/ http://www.pixelapse.com/
- tolmasky 14y ago
  Yeah I asked for an invite ages ago, haven't heard back. if they ever let me in it might do the trick. Separately, actual github for designers would be cooler because I could: 1. Have an "artwork" git repo which my designers interact with in this way, but which I include as a submodule to a larger git repo for my programmers. 2. Use the same bug tracking for art as I do programming 3. Backup the git repo because its an open protocol vs. some proprietary thing. Again though, I'm lazy and don't have time to write project management tools for myself so if these guys ever got around to sending me an invite I'd probably just settle.
  - debacle 14y ago
    The windows github client is relatively idiot proof. I don't know if they offer something similar for Macs.
    - zerovox 14y ago
      They do, it's much nicer in fact. http://mac.github.com/ http://mac.github.com/
      - RKearney 14y ago
        The Github app for Macs is just too bare in my opinion. With that being said, I use SourceTree[1] every day and love it. [1]http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/
artagnon 14y ago
1. I only use (a modified version of) packfile/ packfile idx from Git. No commits are actually created. It sounds like you're looking for something like flashbake (http://bitbucketlabs.net/flashbake/ http://bitbucketlabs.net/flashbake/). 2. phoenixfs doesn't create commits, so no git-push. 3. I currently don't have access to an OS X box, sorry :(
s_tec 14y ago
Have you tried SparkleShare? It sounds exactly like what you want. It connects to a normal Git server and presents the repository as a Dropbox-esque folder. It has support for Linux, Windows, and Mac, although it's mainly a Linux project.
- sciurus 14y ago
  More info: "SparkleShare is a 100% free and open source, cross-platform file sharing system started by Hylke Bons. The idea for the project came from the 2010 GNOME UX Hackfest. It's very similar to Dropbox or Box.net, but it is backed by the free and open source version control system git. Basically, the way it works is that you will have a special folder on your computer, called 'Sparkleshare', and everything in that folder is also present in a version-controlled remote git repository. If you create a new file in a Sparkleshare folder, it will immediately be committed and pushed into the remote git repository, and everyone else who is using Sparkleshare to connect to that folder will be able to see the file you just created appear in their Sparkleshare folders. If someone else opens the file you just created and modifies it, their Sparkleshare client will automatically commit and push their changes to the repository, and you'll be able to see them in your Sparkleshare folder (and you'll get a handy notification!) Sparkleshare is a great, free & open source way to collaborate on files, without worrying about manual version control or having to manually upload and broadcast links to your work." http://sparkleshare.org/ http://sparkleshare.org/
  - tolmasky 14y ago
    Wow I will definitely take a look at this.

martythemaniak 14y ago

Check out Pixelapse, which is kind of like github for designers: http://www.pixelapse.com/ http://www.pixelapse.com/

tolmasky 14y ago
Yeah I asked for an invite ages ago, haven't heard back. if they ever let me in it might do the trick. Separately, actual github for designers would be cooler because I could: 1. Have an "artwork" git repo which my designers interact with in this way, but which I include as a submodule to a larger git repo for my programmers. 2. Use the same bug tracking for art as I do programming 3. Backup the git repo because its an open protocol vs. some proprietary thing. Again though, I'm lazy and don't have time to write project management tools for myself so if these guys ever got around to sending me an invite I'd probably just settle.
- debacle 14y ago
  The windows github client is relatively idiot proof. I don't know if they offer something similar for Macs.
  - zerovox 14y ago
    They do, it's much nicer in fact. http://mac.github.com/ http://mac.github.com/
    - RKearney 14y ago
      The Github app for Macs is just too bare in my opinion. With that being said, I use SourceTree[1] every day and love it. [1]http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

artagnon 14y ago

1. I only use (a modified version of) packfile/ packfile idx from Git. No commits are actually created. It sounds like you're looking for something like flashbake (http://bitbucketlabs.net/flashbake/ http://bitbucketlabs.net/flashbake/). 2. phoenixfs doesn't create commits, so no git-push. 3. I currently don't have access to an OS X box, sorry :(

s_tec 14y ago

Have you tried SparkleShare? It sounds exactly like what you want. It connects to a normal Git server and presents the repository as a Dropbox-esque folder. It has support for Linux, Windows, and Mac, although it's mainly a Linux project.

sciurus 14y ago
More info: "SparkleShare is a 100% free and open source, cross-platform file sharing system started by Hylke Bons. The idea for the project came from the 2010 GNOME UX Hackfest. It's very similar to Dropbox or Box.net, but it is backed by the free and open source version control system git. Basically, the way it works is that you will have a special folder on your computer, called 'Sparkleshare', and everything in that folder is also present in a version-controlled remote git repository. If you create a new file in a Sparkleshare folder, it will immediately be committed and pushed into the remote git repository, and everyone else who is using Sparkleshare to connect to that folder will be able to see the file you just created appear in their Sparkleshare folders. If someone else opens the file you just created and modifies it, their Sparkleshare client will automatically commit and push their changes to the repository, and you'll be able to see them in your Sparkleshare folder (and you'll get a handy notification!) Sparkleshare is a great, free & open source way to collaborate on files, without worrying about manual version control or having to manually upload and broadcast links to your work." http://sparkleshare.org/ http://sparkleshare.org/
- tolmasky 14y ago
  Wow I will definitely take a look at this.