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Importing files, Github, and my work flow - I need advice.
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I tried Working Copy. It's a nice app, but wow, this process is cumbersome. I understand the issues are due to Apple's restrictions and I have to give the app developers credit for working with these restrictions. Still, are there any other options?
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Pythonista (beta, not released yet) supports iCloud sharing, you can open files directly from Working Copy, ...
Anyway, if you have an iPad and you have no beta access, you can install Black Mamba where I do support bidirectional drag & drop, mainly tested with Working Copy. My workflow (pre beta) is - clone in WC, drag to Pythonista, edit, drag back to WC, commit & push.
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P.S. Didn't try, but it should work with Dropbox or any other app supporting drag & drop as well.
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Pythonista 3.2 has just been approved by Apple, so iCloud support etc. is available for everyone now.
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I actually use my Pythonista for also solving project Euler problems. I have PyCharm on the Mac laptop and the iCloud integration allows me to work on the same files on either the Mac or the iPhone. It works quite well but you have to be mindful of the availability of the libraries between the two platforms.
I’ve been impressed with the performance of Pythonista and it’s awesome that I can make use of a two hour bus commute using my iPhone.
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My cheat sheet for Working Copy
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@brumm there's no need to import / open in Working Copy. Just do this ...
Pythonista
- Reveal file browser
- EXTERNAL FILES - tap on Open...
- Select folder from Working Copy (already existing repository)
You can now edit files in Pythonista, delete them, create new ones, ... And all these changes are automatically propagated to the Working Copy. If you'd like to commit & push, just open Working Copy and do it. That's it. It's called open in place and Pythonista is editing files directly in the Working Copy folder / repository (shared location).
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Thank you for the tip. I wish Working Copy would support subfolders. At the moment I‘m not sure if I want to save disk space or not, because of this flat structure. How many repos can you link in the External File section?
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I don't think there's a limit. I can only think about UI/UX issues when you open lot of them - mess.
Wish I can open the whole Working Copy, not just selected repos. Will send an email to Anders (WC author) if he can add one more directory like repositories to the directory structure so the iOS limitation will be mitigated.
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All,
In case someone (similar to myself) had already purchased a similar product to WC called "Clone", it can be used in the same way.
I have both WC and Clone, to me WC is more featre rich especially if you will be working on a project with others, but this isn't a review, just an FYI.
Pretty well the exact same instructions just in case.
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Amazing, so easy. I didn't realise you could do that. Thanks
@zrzka said:@brumm there's no need to import / open in Working Copy. Just do this ...
Pythonista
- Reveal filter browser
- EXTERNAL FILES - tap on Open...
- Select folder from Working Copy (already existing repository)
You can now edit files in Pythonista, delete them, create new ones, ... And all these changes are automatically propagated to the Working Copy. If you'd like to commit & push, just open Working Copy and do it. That's it. It's called open in place and Pythonista is editing files directly in the Working Copy folder / repository (shared location).