[Eden.Campo]

Thank you very much! Awesome Tutorial!

[API]

Originally Posted by berni I personally don't think Mercurial is bad, it's similar to Git in some aspects. But I'm really a Git-addict, using it in my company and for every private project, so don't even try to convince me to switch to something else Git just feels lightweight and fast for me (I also already used Mercurial a lot of times). But I really don't want to start a discussion about that, I'm really sure every versioning system has its benefits and everyone should just use what they like. I don't mind using Mercurial when I have to, but I prefer Git for my own projects. Please don't try to force people to use something.

+1 for Git for the same reasons
Great tutorial either way.

[Doc-Holiday]

Originally Posted by GoD-Tony I thought I'd ask here because I'm considering doing the same: Is it better to have a separate repository just for Updater releases, or to have named branches on the main one? For example, code is always pushed to default, but Updater releases could be pushed to a "stable-release" branch, then maybe have a "dev-release" as well. Is it down to personal preference or would one be more recommended than the other?

I eneded up using a forked "beta" repo to handle all my beta code. Though I haven't successfully figured out how to merge the changes with the release repo... But then again ive only been using bitbucket since a few weeks ago... lol

[Dr. McKay]

I discovered that Bitbucket allows for static file hosting if you create a Mercurial repo named "[username].bitbucket.org". This would allow for people to use Bitbucket as their Updater download server without having to register a custom domain. Your files will be accessible at the same URL as your repo.

For instance, I put a simple HTML file at http://doctor_mckay.bitbucket.org. The repo is private. Bitbucket will continue to serve up your content from a private repo as long as the name matches the pattern. There's a documentation page for this feature, but I don't feel like trying to hunt down the link on mobile.

Edit: Here it is.

[Doc-Holiday]

So my username is. savsin so I create a Simple repo using savsin.bitbucket.org?

That's pretty cool. And I make it a private repo and it works fine with updater?

I've never used this prior to this thread and I'm starting to love it. Beats having to remeber which one is current on my 3 computers lo

[Dr. McKay]

Originally Posted by Doc-Holiday So my username is. savsin so I create a Simple repo using savsin.bitbucket.org? That's pretty cool. And I make it a private repo and it works fine with updater? I've never used this prior to this thread and I'm starting to love it. Beats having to remeber which one is current on my 3 computers lo

Yeah. It's kinda better if you make your repo public though, it allows for people to see changes as they're made. Don't use it as a website, use it as version control.

[Doc-Holiday]

Originally Posted by Dr. McKay Yeah. It's kinda better if you make your repo public though, it allows for people to see changes as they're made. Don't use it as a website, use it as version control.

yeah... i have a site I pay for and can host there too but i love just clicking commit and bam update done. thanks man...

[404UserNotFound]

Whilst doing this tutorial to get ready to set up Updater for my Boss Spawner Deluxe plugin (and any other plugin I may choose to integrate Updater into, I noticed an error in your guide:

On the Workbench tab, choose update on the After pull operation dropdown.

For me, the After Pull Operation dropdown was on the Sync tab (latest version of TortoiseHG for Win7 64-bit)

This is about as far into the tutorial as I've gotten, so back to work I go!

EDIT: So I've gotten to here

In your local repository folder, create two folders named "plugins" and "scripting". The scripting folder is where your plugins' source code will go, and plugins is for the compiled smx files.

I'm assuming by "local", you're referring to the folder I created on my computer, and not something I need to create on BitBucket.

[ddhoward]

Originally Posted by abrandnewday I'm assuming by "local", you're referring to the folder I created on my computer, and not something I need to create on BitBucket.

Yes.

[404UserNotFound]

Originally Posted by ddhoward Yes.

Good, good. Onward I go with the tutorial