[chef] Re: Re: source repositories as resources?

[Ian Ragsdale <ian.ragsdale@gmail.com>]

Ok, it sounds like this would be useful to at least a few people,  
perhaps even to the chef-deploy project, as it might allow them to  
simplify their code.  Since I probably need it myself, I'm probably  
gonna end up writing it soon.  Before I do, I have two questions for  
the opscode guys.

1) Would you consider this for inclusion in Chef?  I'd be happy to  
donate it and would love to not have to maintain and install it  
separately.
2) If the answer to #1 is yes, would you prefer this be written using  
the grit gem, or would you prefer to have it call git on the command  
line?  I can see good arguments for both, so if you guys would want to  
include it then I'd go with whatever you prefer.

- Ian

On Jul 1, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Miguel Cabeça wrote:

> Ian,
>
>
> > Is anybody else using chef to manage a source repository?  How are  
> > other people
> > handling this?
>
> In my subversion cookbook I've created a subversion_export  
> definition that I can use on any recipe like this:
>
> subversion_export "webmail" do
>  url  "https://xpto.com/svn/webmail/trunk/web";
>  path "/var/www/mail.ist.utl.pt"
>  revision 33
> end
>
> The definition is backed by a custom script uploaded to the host by  
> the subversion recipe.
>
> It's been working form me, but a repo resource would be a very nice  
> addition indeed.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Miguel Cabeça