Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml file with Git

Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml file with Git

[Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson]

Hi

I have a question.
Is it possible to convert a Json file to XML with Git

Best regards

Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson

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Re: Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml file with Git

[Kevin Daudt]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 05:28:40PM +0000, Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a question.
> Is it possible to convert a Json file to XML with Git
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson
> 
> (e) eyjolfureyjolfsson@tprg.com
> (w) tpretailgroup.com
> 

Hello Eyjolfur,

git is a version control system, which is mostly content agnostic. It
knows nothing about json or xml, let alone how to convert them.

You might want to use some kind of programming language to do the
conversion.

Could you perhaps explain more why you are asking this question?

Kevin.

RE: Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml file with Git

[Randall S. Becker]

> On October 31, 2017 5:23 PM, Kevin Daudt wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 05:28:40PM +0000, Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson wrote:
> > I have a question.
> > Is it possible to convert a Json file to XML with Git
> 
> git is a version control system, which is mostly content agnostic. It
knows
> nothing about json or xml, let alone how to convert them.
> 
> You might want to use some kind of programming language to do the
> conversion.

Speculating... one possible reason to do this is during a protocol
conversion effort, where definitions are moving from XML to JSON form. In
legacy VCS systems, keeping interface definitions in one file and converting
the content may be important. However, in git, with its concept of atomicity
(multiple files are committed in a single version across the whole
repository), dropping one file (e.g., XML) and adding another (e.g., JSON),
can be done in one commit, and never lost or confused as to what is
intended. This makes git ideal for modernization and evolutionary projects.

If, however, there is an application or systemic requirement to change the
content of a file from XML to JSON without changing the name - I've seen it
happen - you may want to consider building a smudge filter that understands
the difference and maps between the two, to allow git diff operations
between old and new formats. I would not recommend using this approach
except as a last possible resort. Make a new file as Kevin intimated.

Just Musing on the Topic,
Randall

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Re: Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml file with Git

[Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson]

Hi

Thank you for your response and help. I am new to Git.
The reason for my question is that I am using Git or Bash.exe  (cURl)
to call a REST web service (open for test) and retrieving  Json
from the web service and storing it into file.
This works fine from the Git Bash command line . My Git Command:
$ curl https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -o c:\temper.txt

I will look into the smudge filter.

One more question is there a possibility to call Git Bash with a
parameter like example
C:\Git\Git\git-bash.exe  curl
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -o c:\temper.txt

The reason I am asking this is that I am using NAV 2009 Classic Client
and want to lunch the Git Bash with
 the command  $ curl https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -o c:\temper.txt


Best regards

(e) eyjolfureyjolfsson@tprg.com
(w) tpretailgroup.com


On 31 October 2017 at 21:52, Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:
>> On October 31, 2017 5:23 PM, Kevin Daudt wrote:
>> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 05:28:40PM +0000, Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson wrote:
>> > I have a question.
>> > Is it possible to convert a Json file to XML with Git
>>
>> git is a version control system, which is mostly content agnostic. It
> knows
>> nothing about json or xml, let alone how to convert them.
>>
>> You might want to use some kind of programming language to do the
>> conversion.
>
> Speculating... one possible reason to do this is during a protocol
> conversion effort, where definitions are moving from XML to JSON form. In
> legacy VCS systems, keeping interface definitions in one file and converting
> the content may be important. However, in git, with its concept of atomicity
> (multiple files are committed in a single version across the whole
> repository), dropping one file (e.g., XML) and adding another (e.g., JSON),
> can be done in one commit, and never lost or confused as to what is
> intended. This makes git ideal for modernization and evolutionary projects.
>
> If, however, there is an application or systemic requirement to change the
> content of a file from XML to JSON without changing the name - I've seen it
> happen - you may want to consider building a smudge filter that understands
> the difference and maps between the two, to allow git diff operations
> between old and new formats. I would not recommend using this approach
> except as a last possible resort. Make a new file as Kevin intimated.
>
> Just Musing on the Topic,
> Randall
>
> -- Brief whoami: NonStop&UNIX developer since approximately
> UNIX(421664400)/NonStop(211288444200000000)
> -- In my real life, I talk too much.
>
>
>



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3007166, VAT Number 672523729,  Registered Office: Ryman House, Savoy Road, 
Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6NA;  Robert Dyas Holdings Limited, registered in 
England and Wales, Company Number 4041884; VAT number 742720153, Registered 
Office:  1 St George’s Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4DR;  Boux Avenue 
Limited, registered in England and Wales, Company Number 7191520, VAT 
Number 125504638,  Registered Office: 1 St George’s Road, Wimbledon, 
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and Wales, Company Number 8047333, VAT Number 125504638, Registered office: 
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Cheshire, CW1 6NA.

RE: Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml file with Git

[Jason Pyeron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 6:10 AM
> To: Randall S. Becker
> Cc: Kevin Daudt; git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Is it possible to convert a Json file to xml 
> file with Git
> 
> Hi
> 
> Thank you for your response and help. I am new to Git.

Not a problem, but what you describe is not using git but rather a shell called bash. Bash is like cmd.exe or powershell.exe, it is not GIT. See http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html 

> The reason for my question is that I am using Git or Bash.exe  (cURl)
> to call a REST web service (open for test) and retrieving  Json
> from the web service and storing it into file.
> This works fine from the Git Bash command line . My Git Command:

Not a git command, that is a curl command. See https://curl.haxx.se/

> $ curl https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -o c:\temper.txt
> 
> I will look into the smudge filter.
> 

You could search for "convert json to xml in LANGUAGE" where language is one you are familiar with. E.g. http://google.com/search?q=convert+json+to+xml+Java

> One more question is there a possibility to call Git Bash with a
> parameter like example
> C:\Git\Git\git-bash.exe  curl
> https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -o c:\temper.txt
> 
> The reason I am asking this is that I am using NAV 2009 Classic Client
> and want to lunch the Git Bash with
>  the command  $ curl 
> https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -o c:\temper.txt

Again you are using Bash that came with a windows build of Git, just like when the Visual Studio shell gets installed. A place like https://stackoverflow.com/ may be a better resource than this mailing list about GIT.

v/r,

Jason Pyeron

PS: Please do not top post. See http://www.idallen.com/topposting.html

> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> (e) eyjolfureyjolfsson@tprg.com
> (w) tpretailgroup.com
> 
> 
> On 31 October 2017 at 21:52, Randall S. Becker 
> <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:
> >> On October 31, 2017 5:23 PM, Kevin Daudt wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 05:28:40PM +0000, Eyjolfur 
> Eyjolfsson wrote:
> >> > I have a question.
> >> > Is it possible to convert a Json file to XML with Git
> >>
> >> git is a version control system, which is mostly content 
> agnostic. It
> > knows
> >> nothing about json or xml, let alone how to convert them.
> >>
> >> You might want to use some kind of programming language to do the
> >> conversion.
<snip/>


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