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I need help of Git/Linux or general Geeks
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Situation:

My daughter is programming a robot with ROBO Pro Coding. The project file is called .ft and is a zip file containing scratch "code" as well as the generated Python code and some additional stuff.

While the IDE supports storing the projects on a gitlab instance of the manufacturer. I would prefer to store it in a local or personal repository.

I have some ideas how this could be accomplished. But maybe it's a solved problem. SO any hints welcome

Things I would try:

Use fuse-zip to mount the zip file. Use Git in the mount filesystem.
Risk is, that storing the project in the IDE might overwrite the yip file instead of modifying it.

Unzip the file in parallel and use some script or git hooks to copy the data from the yip file before committing

Any other ideas?

#Git #FediHelp

Jan

@j_j@muenchen.social · 4 days ago

@realn2s
So, I don't know this ROBO IDE. However, if it can connect to gitlab, most likely it uses git. They should allow configuring a different git remote such as your own server or a local path and use this.

Also, I would assume that the IDE unzips all the files somewhere while the project is "open". Maybe you can find this (temp) directory and just work directly with the files (e.g. configure a git remote and push changes there or otherwise create a copy).

Or (without any hacks)... 🧵

Jan

@j_j@muenchen.social · 4 days ago

@realn2s
Or you accept that the IDE is bound to their special gitlab instance and you just clone the repo locally or to another server. This way your family can 'pull' all the changes so they are not lost if their instance goes down.