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@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ # forge +## Design Goals + +* Software engineering is the art of making things work. +* Release engineering is the art of making things perfect. + +## Notes + This can be used to maintain git repositories expiremental work on federated git @@ -9,22 +16,25 @@ expiremental work on federated git * uses a GUI or the console(console display needs work) * always wrap around 'git' -- it basically just types 'git' commands really fast -## Notes & Goals: +## Development Goals -* use a GUI that also works on the command line -* andlabs GTK gui plugin starts breaking around 200 repos +* have a GUI that also works on the command line ## Install: * go install go.wit.com/apps/forge@latest -## building from sources (may work Jan 2026) +## building from sources ``` +# note as of Feb 2025. Forge has an option in forge to build itself. +# The instructions below are out of date, but provide the general idea. +# accurate instructions are in the forge code itself + go install go.wit.com/apps/go-clone@latest # this tool makes it easier to 'git clone' repos and recursively 'git clone' the dependancies go install go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb@latest # this tool will generate the protobuf *pb.go files (also Marshal(), Sort(), etc.) -go-clone --recursive go.wit.com/apps/forge # this will 'git clone' about 20 repos into ~/go/src (or where your go.work file is) +go-clone go.wit.com/apps/forge # this will 'git clone' about 20 repos into ~/go/src (or where your go.work file is) cd go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb make # autogenpb will make .pb.go, marshal.pb.go and sort.pb.go files |