[darcs-users] firewalls everywhere

[Kari Hoijarvi]

Here's my solution. It requires more manual labor than automated 
methods, but
it works everywhere without any administration.

First I created the context file:

darcs changes --context > project.ctx

This file keep track which patches have been sent. If there are
patches you want to send, edit the context file and delete them.

Now make modifications to your project and record the new patches.
When done, create the patch file and make the new context file:

darcs send --context=project.ctx -o project.patch .
darcs changes --context > project.ctx

Send the project.patch to destination and:

darcs apply project.patch

Kari

Rodney Price wrote:
> Three of us are attempting to collaborate on a Haskell project, but we 
> don't work for the same company and corporate firewalls are getting in 
> the way.  Since this situation keeps coming up, and I have to build ad 
> hoc solutions every time, I'm looking for a once-and-for-all kind of 
> answer.  That answer may be sending darcs patches by email to my 
> little group, keeping three separate repositories.  Could I get some 
> advice on how to do it?
>
> I've read through the darcs manual and it appears to me that there are 
> several possible ways to proceed.  Ideally, each one of us would set 
> up our email clients to automatically grab an incoming email with a 
> patch, and apply that patch to our own repository.  I use OS X 10.5.2, 
> so I can set up a rule in Mail.app to run an applescript when a patch 
> comes in.  Another member of the group, behind another firewall, uses 
> Windows.  Presumably there is some client out there that could do 
> something similar.  (Outlook??  eep)  The third group member uses 
> Linux.  Presumably procmail et al could do the job.
>
> I'd use http, but company policy says I can't.  I don't see how to use 
> https -- my firewall blocks many of the https methods.  The company 
> firewall blocks ssh. Seems to me that email is about the only common 
> denominator.  If we could automate it (even somewhat) we might have a 
> solution.
>
> Any experiences like this?
>
> Thanks,
> -Rod Price
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