Re: jgit standalone client on OpenVMS works (somewhat)

[Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>]

torsdag 30 april 2009 17:39:36 skrev Ben Armstrong <BArmstrong@dymaxion.ca>:
> I am happy to report that the jgit standalone client works (somewhat) on
> OpenVMS/Alpha, a non-POSIX platform for which no C git port exists.  I
> understand that not all functionality of the C client is supported yet, but
> for limited use, and supplemented by using the C client on a PC, I may be
> able to get away with this.  At least being able to do a 'git clone' is
> encouraging.

	O_o

Not sure what to say here.. cool. I never even thought of VMS as a Java platform.

> The only problem I have found so far is that if a tag has dots in it and the
> last dotted expression looks like a VMS file version number, it is
> interpreted as such instead of part of the filepath used to represent it
> under .git/refs/tags


> 3. On VMS, set up the jgit command environment appropriately:
> 
> $ define jgit_home dsa0:[dymax.jgit]
> $ jgit==java+" -cp /jgit_home/jgit ""org.spearce.jgit.pgm.Main"""
> $ git=="pipe define/user JAVA$FILENAME_CONTROLS 8 ; "+-
>    "define/user DECC$ARGV_PARSE_STYLE ENABLE ; "+-
>    "define/user DECC$EFS_CASE_PRESERVE ENABLE ; "+-
>    "define/user DECC$EFS_CHARSET ENABLE ; jgit"

After googling a little, I think you got JAVA$FILENAME_CONTROLS wrong.
8 is for basic unix filenames. But you also need %x00200000 (or possibly
%x00100000) as well. See
http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/documentation/1.5.0/ivms/docs/user_guide.html#unix_style

That's my guess....  I wouldn't dare to tell you how to get the exact syntax right, My VMS 
skillz are not what they once were.

Come to think of it, the first VMS machine I used was named "Linus", named
after a widely known character (in a comic strip called Snoopy). </anecdotes>

-- robin