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@ 2009-06-03 16:09 Christopher League
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From: Christopher League @ 2009-06-03 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi folks,

I started trying to use the org-attach feature (C-c C-a) and I like  
the idea that it can auto-commit attachment changes to a git repo. But  
I noticed some shortcomings...

1. I like to keep the entire org-directory under version control, but  
org-attach only commits if the org-attach-directory is the root of the  
repo. Instead of using (file-exists-p (expand-file-name ".git" dir))  
in org-attach-commit, why not just TRY the "git add" shell command in  
that dir and check the return value to see whether to continue with  
the commit?

2. I got the above working, but then I noticed that if you use the  
ATTACH_DIR property to redirect attachments elsewhere, org-attach- 
commit ignores that and still tries to synchronize the standard org- 
attach-directory.

Below I have a patch to address both of these, but I don't recommend  
applying it yet... if the ATTACH_DIR happens to be in a normal source  
tree, users may not want to auto-commit to it, particularly with such  
an unhelpful log message. So I'd like to add an ATTACH_DIR_COMMIT flag  
that, when set, indicates it's okay to auto-commit the ATTACH_DIR.

Other suggestions about how to customize whether or not to commit on a  
per-directory basis are welcome.. maybe a org-attach-commit-dirs  
variable that's a boolean, a list or a regex, combined with the  
ATTACH_DIR_COMMIT property..?

Thanks,
Chris

diff --git a/lisp/org-attach.el b/lisp/org-attach.el
index 5f439da..a59b2ec 100644
--- a/lisp/org-attach.el
+++ b/lisp/org-attach.el
@@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ the ATTACH_DIR property) their own attachment  
directory."
  (defun org-attach-commit ()
    "Commit changes to git if `org-attach-directory' is properly  
initialized.
  This checks for the existence of a \".git\" directory in that  
directory."
-  (let ((dir (expand-file-name org-attach-directory)))
-    (if (file-exists-p (expand-file-name ".git" dir))
+  (let ((dir (org-attach-dir)))
+    (if (and dir
+             (= 0 (shell-command
+                   (concat "(cd " dir "; git add .)"))))
  	(shell-command
  	 (concat "(cd " dir "; "
-		 " git add .; "
  		 " git ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm; "
  		 " git commit -m 'Synchronized attachments')")))))

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