dget - getting code from github

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On Saturday, 26 May 2012 at 08:52:07 UTC, bioinfornatics wrote:
> Le mercredi 23 mai 2012 à 16:14 -0700, Walter Bright a écrit :
>> Currently, getting D code from github is a multistep process, 
>> that isn't always obvious. I propose the creation of a dget 
>> program, which will:
>> 
>>      dget https://github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/libevent
>> 
>> download the libevent code and install it in a subdirectory 
>> named libevent. Of course, the url could also be:
>> 
>>      dget github.com/D-Programming-Deimos/libevent
>> 
>> since https is assumed, or:
>> 
>>      dget D-Programming-Deimos/libevent
>> 
>> since github is assumed. And since Deimos is a known library,
>> 
>>      dget libevent
>> 
>> can also be hardwired into dget.
>> 
>> Anyone want to implement such? It ought to be fairly 
>> straightforward, and will be a nice timesaver for a lot of 
>> people.
>
> yes it is a feature i wish to add but the repository should be 
> always
> the same or by a config file understand where is the source 
> code (root
> of dir in  src dir ...), if it is a lib, a desktop application, 
> a web
> application (which vied, serenity ..), detect dependencies
> i have start a little project for build common D project (80% 
> of use
> case) https://github.com/organizations/dbuilder-developers
>
> this tool could in more download and build/install easilly if 
> you put at
> root of the github repo a config file (example of config file 
> supported
> https://github.com/dbuilder-developers/dbuilder/blob/master/examples/dbuilder.cfg 
> )
>  Any help are welcome, this tool goal to be easy to use
> $ dbuilder get xxx // not implemented
> $ dbuilder build
> $ dbuilder install
>
> in more from command line you can override value in config file
>
> Sorry for my english
>
>
> )

I will try it of you can write a documentations for dumbs. What 
do each variable in the config file? What variables are required 
or not ?
For example what the hell is "job" var ?? Put a working example 
not a skeleton config file.