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Use as a dependency of another node project? #110

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@heff

With the install script, I'm assuming this can't be easily used as an NPM dependency of another project, is that right? I'm hoping to find a node-git lib that can.

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  1. tbranyen commented on Oct 30, 2013

    @tbranyen
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    Me too, lets work on getting it there ;-)

  2. heff commented on Oct 30, 2013

    @heff
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    What needs to happen to make the install script not needed?

  3. tbranyen commented on Oct 30, 2013

    @tbranyen
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    The install script isn't the issue. We just need to improve it to work as
    well as something like socket.io.
    On Oct 30, 2013 11:40 AM, "Steve Heffernan" notifications@github.com
    wrote:

    What needs to happen to make the install script not needed?

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  4. heff commented on Oct 30, 2013

    @heff
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    I don't know enough about either project to know what that means, but happy to try to help if it can be narrowed down to specific tasks.

    On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Tim Branyen notifications@github.com wrote:

    The install script isn't the issue. We just need to improve it to work as
    well as something like socket.io.
    On Oct 30, 2013 11:40 AM, "Steve Heffernan" notifications@github.com
    wrote:

    What needs to happen to make the install script not needed?

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    Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/110#issuecomment-27401286
    .

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    Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

  5. nkallen commented on Nov 1, 2013

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    I don't really follow this thread. I've used this project as a dependency. Does it not work as a transitive dependency? Have you verified this and can paste error messages?

  6. tbranyen commented on Nov 1, 2013

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    @nkallen This project does not easily work on Windows or any machine that doesn't have CMake natively installed. That makes it different from every other easily consumable NPM module. There are a handful of well done native modules that either offer a pure JS alternative and only use native code if it can be compiled and executed as a speed boost (see Socket.io or node-mongo-native) or fetch binaries. I've started working on this, but I'm not 100% sure how to easily generate a binary for every compatible system. An example of a project that does this is the node phantomjs module.

  7. heff commented on Nov 1, 2013

    @heff
    Author

    For my own purposes, the answer to my original question is that it can be used as a dependency. I misread the build instructions in the readme as the way to install the lib. Sorry.

  8. tbranyen commented on Nov 1, 2013

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    Okay I still would like to encourage forward movement on the project by making the library suitable for general use.

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