How do I incorporate git into my web2py workflow?

[Pystar]

I would like to know how coders here incorporate git or any other VCS into their coding workflow with web2py?

Thanks

[Massimo Di Pierro]

One of the new features is that in admin you can use a git url to install a web2py directly from github. You can also push 

an app to github. All of this requires python-git.

We are working on adding better git/hg features.

[Andrew W]

I've noticed that on Windows with tortoiseHG installed, that web2py doesn't recognise it as a Mercurial Installation.    I guess I have to install Mercurial separately, although I'm using it through TortoiseHG ?

[Massimo Di Pierro]

yes.

[Pystar]

I actually meant having a git repository on your local development machine not pushing to github or something similar. How do you use git and web2py? 

[Andrew]

The current git support is relatively basic and only intended for pulling and pushing from remote repositories after you are comfortable that your local work is stable.

I haven't tried it but you can try doing a git init in your freshly created app and try the push functionality in the IDE, but again there's no log or revert interface.

[pbreit]

I use Mercurial but should be basically the same.

First, "hg clone" web2py somewhere on your hardrive.

Then in /applications, create a new app (I usually copy "welcome").

Then "cd" into the new app directory and "git init".

Now your app will be version controlled.

I host some of my projects on Bitbucket (similar to Github but private projects are free). In that case, I might create the project on Bitbucket and then "hg clone" it to my hard drive.

I don't use any of the git/hg features built in to Web2py.

[Shivakumar GN]

On Saturday, 8 September 2012 04:16:13 UTC+5:30, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:

One of the new features is that in admin you can use a git url to install a web2py directly from github. You can also push 

an app to github. All of this requires python-git.

Isn't that supposed to be gitpython?