Config This

So, yes, it’s been a while.

Life happens, both on a global scale and on a personal scale.

I am fortunate. I am healthy, and so far everyone in my immediate family is as well.

I have a new day job – for which I am deeply honored and thrilled – as lead developer for Adobe’s portion of the Content Authenticity Initiative.

And I moved a couple of months ago. So, as you might imagine, personal life, work life, and the more recent global situation have demanded more attention than usual.

Xgit is a labor of love.

Sometimes such efforts need to take a back seat to more urgent priorities for a time. I think I’m out of the woods that way. I’ve been able to devote some time here and there on weekends to continuing the effort; I’m hopeful that this can be sustainable for now.

Config Kicked My Butt

The most recent thing I’ve been building is the configuration system. (Think git config.)

This turned out to have more design challenges than I anticipated. My first cut of the abstract storage engine was, frankly, a bit over-designed. A closer study of how git config actually works resulted in a simpler design that I’m now happy with.

Latest Releases

There have been several new releases since mid-December, when I last wrote here:

v0.7.0: Implemented Xgit.Repository.Plumbing.delete_symbolic_ref/2. This is an API analogue for git symbolic-ref --delete (ref_name). Added a few other changes regarding symbolic refs that were considered API breaking.
v0.7.1: Implemented Xgit.Repository.Plumbing.cat_file_tag/2. This is an API equivalent to git cat_file -p when the target object is of type tag.
v0.7.2: Implemented Xgit.Repository.tag/4. This is an API equivalent to the creation case of git tag.
v0.7.3: Implemented Xgit.ConfigFile, which reads and writes git-style config files. Added support for Elixir 1.10.
v0.8.0: Implemented Xgit.Config module. This is roughly analogous to the git config command. This added new requirements to Xgit.Repository.Storage behaviour, and was thus API breaking.

What’s Next?

The next likely avenues of development are: