[nama] Playing with git
- From: Joel Roth <joelz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nama@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:02:44 -1000
Hi,
I finally chose a git library for my initial tests.
Git::Repository appears reasonably easy to use and has few
dependencies.
I tried taking a snapshot (making a commit) on every new
chain setup.
I see it just brings a lot of churn, because you're always
toggling between recording and monitoring. And some effects
(such as fades) get new effect IDs every time.
I'm thinking to skip automatically storing any setup that
writes WAV files, since Nama writes WAV files
only in order to monitor them.
're-record' is one way to go back to a previous recording
setup. If that is not enough, perhaps Nama could have
'recording profiles' to be able to return to a a set of
track REC/MON settings again and again, while allowing the
effect settings (used for monitoring) to evolve.
Returning to a particular commit in order to restore that
commit's REC settings would have the side effect of
discarding any intervening tweaks in effect settings.
Also, I think git's branching (and possibly merging)
abilities will be mainly useful to mixing and mastering,
i.e. monitoring modes.
The user can manually checkpoint a recording setup if she
wants. Nama doesn't have to do it for her.
Persistently yours,
--
Joel Roth
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