Code-settings-sync: Suggestion: Allow upload to repository

Created on 11 Oct 2017 · 35Comments · Source: shanalikhan/code-settings-sync

By @shanalikhan

Before starting this feature, Settings Sync required code requires refactoring. You can take https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/pull/937 as a baseline for refactoring to start working.

Following are the feature i see for git sync.

1. It should ask either backup needs to be saved on Github Gist or simple Git Repository.
2. Once the User select the Git Repo, it should setup accordingly.
3. Provide user option to either use Github or GitLab and create a repository from there by their profile tokens.
4. By Download means, user can do `git pull` forcefully. 
5. By Upload means, user can do `git push` forcefully.
6. Allow user to setup branches or profiles like `master` and `office` and keep the selected profile / branch in Sync Global Settings and download/ upload to that branch.
7. When user is switched to Gist, it should not upload the Git folder there.
8. Support Github and Gitlab Enterprise versions
9. Complete New UI with integrated with above features to allow users to change via UI

Originally by @smbkr

It would be useful to be able to upload the settings to a repo instead of a gist, the way that JetBrains IDEs sync, so that the changes could be versioned and rolled back as desired.

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The main goal for repository is to create Git Repo, not tightly coupled with github.
Once the repo with git init or creating locally will provide user to connect with any git client.

If you look on the steps, it main focus to create git repository and do pull / push to that repo and then provide some interface options to connect to github.

shanalikhan on 13 Nov 2018

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https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/issues/396#issuecomment-330372658

Thanks, will look into this later on.

shanalikhan on 12 Oct 2017

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Also like this idea.

chris-c-thomas on 6 Nov 2017

I thought gists were repos.

Edit: I commented on this issue because I think it could be useful to merge when downloading instead of just clobbering the local configuration. Is this feature on the roadmap for this project? Would you consider a pull request?

colonelpopcorn on 27 Aug 2018

Is this feature on the roadmap for this project?

Yes, but not in short time. Will work on it later on.

Would you consider a pull request?

Definitely, I will more happy to accept PR. But anyone wants to send PR it would be great to discuss as its currently tightly coupled with GIST logics.

shanalikhan on 13 Sep 2018

Following are the feature i see for git sync.

It should ask either backup needs to be saved on Github Gist or simple Git Repository.
Once the User select the Git Repo, it should setup accordingly.
Provide user option to either use Github or GitLab and create a repository from there by their profile tokens.
By Download means, user can do git pull forcefully.
By Upload means, user can do git push forcefully.
Allow user to setup branches or profiles like master and office and keep the selected profile / branch in Sync Global Settings and download/ upload to that branch.
When user is switched to Gist, it should not upload the Git folder there.
Support Github and Gitlab Enterprise versions

shanalikhan on 13 Sep 2018

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This feature is funded, anyone is welcome to work and get the money :smile:

shanalikhan on 19 Sep 2018

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IssueHuntBot on 11 Oct 2018

@mortezaPRK
any update on this ? i can assist you if need any help

shanalikhan on 11 Oct 2018

Thanks. I already do about 80% of the work. There are some bugs. It should be done by the end of next week :)

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mortezaPRK on 11 Oct 2018

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Thats great, make sure you write the test cases.
We need to decouple modules in order to implement repo sync rather then writing complete other logic for it.

It would be great you have send me PR with work in progress so i can see and evaluate it mean while you are doing else once all work is completed it would be difficult to change at end if we found any.

shanalikhan on 11 Oct 2018

Sure, I'll send a PR tomorrow.

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Thats great, make sure you write the test cases.
We need to decouple modules in order to implement repo sync rather then writing complete other logic for it.

It would be great you have send me PR with work in progress so i can see and evaluate it mean while you are doing else once all work is completed it would be difficult to change at end.

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mortezaPRK on 11 Oct 2018

I already do about 80% of the work

@mortezaPRK its been almost a month. It would be great if you can send work in progress PR so i can evaluate at least.

shanalikhan on 16 Oct 2018

If i don't get the PR in a week. I will have to assign the paid issue to someone else.

shanalikhan on 28 Oct 2018

I might be interested to looking into this

OrangeDrangon on 29 Oct 2018

I might be interested to looking into this

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Anyone feel free to start working on it, this issue or any other.

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shanalikhan on 4 Nov 2018

Is someone working on it? I can finish first version tomorrow. I have support for detection of gist vs repo url. For now only github, but gitlab API is not so hard to integrate.

wasikuss on 13 Nov 2018

@wasikuss no you can start working on it.

I can finish first version tomorrow. I have support for detection of gist vs repo url

How do you intend to do it, Have a look on steps mentioned in first post - We need to just create git init and stage entire user folder.

shanalikhan on 13 Nov 2018

git init isn't required. Both Github and Gitlab APIs allows to publish commits with files directly.

wasikuss on 13 Nov 2018

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We would want to git init locally at least though, right? This would allow rolling back the user config to a specific commit, which is one of the main advantages of putting the config in a repo instead of a gist.

smbkr on 13 Nov 2018

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The main goal for repository is to create Git Repo, not tightly coupled with github.
Once the repo with git init or creating locally will provide user to connect with any git client.

If you look on the steps, it main focus to create git repository and do pull / push to that repo and then provide some interface options to connect to github.

shanalikhan on 13 Nov 2018

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So sync with local repo only wraps credentials and git push/pull for local repository allowing upload/download sittings but reverting will be done manually?

@shanalikhan ok, using any client/server convince me to use local repo. but I see upload/download actions acts only as alias for regular git commands and it's only for convenience ( to not enter manually to local repo )?

wasikuss on 13 Nov 2018

but reverting will be done manually?

Yes, branch switching will be done if you have multiple environments in single repository.

only as alias for regular git commands and it's only for convenience

Exactly !

shanalikhan on 13 Nov 2018

Ok, now it's more clear how it should work. I'll do PR in 1 or 2 days and then we can discuss required changes for local git support.

wasikuss on 13 Nov 2018

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I had some problems with testing (especially with --user-data-dir, yes I saw Microsoft/vscode#49306 ) so one more day is needed. First time usage, committing settings, a pushing it (with opt-out) to remote repository and switching between gits and repo already works. Currently I'm working on downloading settings and resolving egde cases (conflicts, etc).

wasikuss on 15 Nov 2018

btw, IntelliJ repository settings plugin lets user resolve conflicts in case of impossible auto merge.

tplk on 15 Nov 2018

I saw similar behavior while using gists (manual change + download).

wasikuss on 15 Nov 2018

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shanalikhan on 6 Feb 2019

If nobody’s working on this, I’ll start on it when I get home in a few hours.

knyhle on 25 Mar 2019

Is this still relevant. I can do this!

benkoska on 8 Sep 2019

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Is this still relevant. I can do this!

@DeveloperBen

To implement this feature, we need to Refactor the complete extension. @arnohovhannisyan and other users have attempted the refactoring thing before.

You can use this PR for reference.
https://github.com/shanalikhan/code-settings-sync/pull/937

shanalikhan on 8 Sep 2019

Hi! I used this plugin previously, and I wondered if you still need help with this, or if someone is working on it already! I'd love helping out! 😄