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GitMinutes #34: Tim Caswell on js-git

GitMinutes #34: Tim Caswell on js-git

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In this episode we talk to Tim Caswell. He is the creator of
js-git, alongside a lot of other really interesting projects.

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Links:

Tim on Google+, GitHub, Twitter

Tim's homepage

howtonode.org

js-git

Tedit - Git based development environment

Tedit as webapp, Chrome app

The latest Tedit demo

wheaty - JS-Git based application hosting platform

rye - A Git based publishing platform implemented
in lua

Luvit Asynchronous I/O for Lua, IRC channel is #Luvit on
Freenode

Discussion on incorporating js-git in nodeOS/npm

git-html5 powers Tailor, an alternative to Tedit

Google's dev kit chrome app

NW.js formerly known as node-webkit

Scott Hanselman interviewed Paul Betts about Atom Shell

More background material about Tim:

In-depth interview with Tim (October 2013)

Tim guesting on JSJabber #101 (March 2014)

Tim guesting on the ChangeLog #124 (July 2014)

Episode outline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:09 Bio, welcome
00:02:26 Tell us about your background
00:03:39 How come you drifted from Node to Lua
recently?
00:05:46 What is the use-case for Lua?
00:07:15 What does Luvit add to Lua?
00:08:39 Jumping back to Git, what is your personal VCS
experience?
00:13:03 Can you tell me more about the CORS headers issue at
the Git hosting services?
00:15:21 What was the plan for js-git after
that?
00:17:16 What was the goal of Tedit?
00:19:07 Where do you store the contents in the browser
itself?
00:23:20 What is the current state of
tedit/js-git?
00:25:55 In summary, what came out of js-git in the
end?
00:26:33 What features does Tedit have?
00:27:31 Is js-git too heavy-weight to be embedded in a Git
hosting tool?
00:29:04 Why aren't more companies jumping over js-git to
make use of it as a Git-starter tool?
00:30:31 Then let's talk about how companies could use js-git
or any of these components
00:36:53 Why can you store blobs without commits on
GitHub?
00:40:26 Isn't Git in the browser sort of
inevitable?
00:41:56 What do people do these days to develop on
Chromebooks/browsers?
00:43:23 Other than service-workers, what would you need in
order to fulfill the vision of js-git?
00:44:40 Can't you get access to the file-system in
HTML5?
00:46:33 What should have been the master plan to complete
js-git/tedit?
00:50:41 What would you want to happen to js-git while you're
busy elsewhere?
00:52:28 Some js-git vs libgit2 talk
00:59:54 Is Google Dev Kit a replacement for
Tedit?
01:01:02 Clear up different kinds of Chrome-based
apps
01:04:31 What is the future of js-git?
01:06:15 Any questions I forgot to ask
you?
01:06:43 Anything you would like to
promote?
01:08:55 Where can people find you online?
01:09:14 What is your favorite Git Pro
Tip?
01:10:17 Thank you for coming onto the show!