From: "amano.kenji" <amano.kenji@proton.me>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: package-vc.el should not fetch all commits.
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:53:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Be87Nt8NzXKAuKEujAb_x5NiGKkWU-E3UuugH99EWJvGl-tmRX1RP-HQVi-PWY0SOVC11ngQTjFoEUhDLFOM33aYY_suLuMIbh2nnDlnV6s=@proton.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8734taule1.fsf@posteo.net>
I can contribute patches even if I have only one specific commit or the latest commit.
That's a bad UX. package-vc.el is the only built-in way to install VCS packages, and there should be a built-in way to install only one commit and update to only one commit.
Gentoo linux achieved one-commit update and one-commit installation for its own package repositories because people did not want repositories to grow in size over time.
On Friday, March 1st, 2024 at 1:33 PM, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
> "amano.kenji" amano.kenji@proton.me writes:
>
> > package-vc-install fetches all commits for a VCS emacs package.
> >
> > I just want the latest.
> >
> > package-vc-upgrade and package-vc-upgrade-all should prune everything except the latest commit.
> >
> > I don't want VCS packages to grow in size over time.
>
>
> That is not really what package-vc is about (the intention /is/ to have
> the revision history available, so that you can contribute patches).
> That being said, if you say you are only interested in packages from
> Git, you can use this quick hack:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>
> (require 'package)
> (require 'vc-git)
> (defun package-install-once-from-vc (url name)
> (interactive
> (let* ((url (read-string "URL: "))
> (name (file-name-base (directory-file-name url))))
> (list url (read-string "Name: " name))))
> (let* ((tmp (make-temp-file "package" t))
> (dir (expand-file-name name tmp)))
> (make-directory dir)
> (unless (vc-git--out-ok "clone" "--depth" "1" url dir)
> (error "Failed to install %s from %s" name url))
> (let ((desc (package-install-file dir)))
> (message "Package `%s' installed at version %s"
> (package-desc-name desc)
> (package-version-join
> (package-desc-version desc)))
> desc)))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>
> This is still missing some of the conveniences of package-vc, such as
> building manuals, resolving dependencies, etc. but you could integrate
> `package-vc--unpack-1' into the mix to get that to work as well. As is
> the case with vc-packages in general, updating is difficult.
>
> --
> Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-01 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-01 12:31 package-vc.el should not fetch all commits amano.kenji
2024-03-01 13:33 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-03-01 22:53 ` amano.kenji [this message]
2024-03-02 6:53 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-03-02 11:46 ` amano.kenji
2024-03-02 14:40 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-03-03 7:53 ` amano.kenji
2024-03-03 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-03-04 14:54 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-03-04 16:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-03-05 5:17 ` amano.kenji
2024-03-05 9:42 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-03-05 15:42 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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