Re: Access to Git Repos within PHP

On 23/03/15 16:48, Paul M Foster wrote: > I haven't noticed this question asked before, so I'll ask it. > > Is there a "fully-baked" solution for using git to manage, say, blog > posts and manage the whole thing via PHP? > > Seems to me like you could use git to fetch and store datestamped and > incremental blog posts. And thus, one could build a blog infrastruction > around this. Problem is, what if the hosting company doesn't provide the > git program on its servers, or it doesn't allow running external git > commands via a shell? > > The solution would be some sort of "module" written in PHP which would > allow access to git objects, both the fetching, creation and updating of > them. The question then becomes, is there any PHP-based solution to > doing this, which is "fully-baked", as in, not half-built and then > abandoned? > > Paul > Sorry for emailing you directly Paul - I do that from time to time (doh). I use git to do practically everything but I run servers (I also provide normal users access to ssh/git). Most providers like GitHub and BitBucket provide 'hooks' so you can automate things after commits are pushed. Alternatively get SSH access and pull manually. You can remove the need for a database by using files. I am making a website that uses markdown files that have meta data added to the top of them. I would never do this in PHP but there is a wrapper at https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/git so it might be possible. Instead I would approach it differently and remove the restrictions you are facing by getting a VPS like the previous email recommended. There might even be hosting providers that advertise git as a feature. Gibbs