1

If one creates a platform and chooses to preserve the working copy, does this initiate a .git clone that the aegir user from CLI, could update and merge branches to?

Create a new platform:

Drush make option:

  • Normal - Discards SCM files

  • Working copy - preserves SCM files

Where is the working copy directory?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
2

The 'Drush make option' field in the Aegir user interface (when creating a new platform based on a makefile) simply determines whether or not the --working-copy option is passed to Drush make.

The --working-copy option for Drush make "preserves VCS directories, like .git, for projects downloaded using such methods." (source: Drush.org)

Passing the --working-copy option leaves the .git directories intact (as if you had done a manual git clone) and hence allows you to pull in updates, etc. However, this is not the recommended way of updating modules in Aegir, so the 'Normal - Discards SCM files' option is preferred.

The aegir_make_working_copy module provided this functionality for Aegir 1.x, before it was merged into Aegir core 2.x.

Improve this answer
1
  • great so if I "put" the theme in the profile, the libraries and even the modules (why not?*rhetoric question) the developers with the right version control keys could "update css files and work on Features" right from their shell (that's almost all you need to manage a hosted site and invent three other jobs!) and pull their own branch, anytime, at wish. thank you. that was the piece missing.
    – Mau
    Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 11:20

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.