New package: Forgecast - cast resources to their forges
reddit / emacs

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grtcdr · 2022-11-01 19:30



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grtcdr · 2022-11-01 19:32

A while back I wrote a [blog](https://grtcdr.tn/posts/2022-10-08.html)
about linking resources to their forges, I've now decoupled that
functionality from my website, refactored and turned it into a (my
first) package for others to use.

From the README:
> Forgecast provides a set of helper functions that allow the user to
link various resources to the forge that hosts them. Forgecast is an
amalgamation of the words “forge” and “cast”; it should be thought of
as a tool to “cast resources to their forges”.

Your feedback is appreciated :)

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HM0880 · 2022-11-02 01:19

Genuine question: what does Forgecast do better than
https://magit.vc/manual/forge.html ?

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grtcdr · 2022-11-02 01:52

Hi, it's not actually a frontend to any git forges, but rather a small
library to provide the functions that can recreate the link to any
given resource given a specific context, e.g. its list of revisions,
or its raw format. I initially created it so I could avoid manually
tracking and logging any changes that would affect my posts.

See [this website](https://grtcdr.tn/forgecast) for a quick
demonstration.

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HM0880 · 2022-11-02 12:23

Oh, OK, this distinction helps.  Thanks!

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grtcdr · 2022-11-02 15:06

You're welcome!

I added a video demonstration of a real-world example to minimize any
further confusion.

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TeeMcBee · 2022-11-03 12:19

Excellent.
You had me at, "...my first...".

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grtcdr · 2022-11-03 12:52

Thank you :)

> You had me at, "...my first...".

How so?