Re: [Monotone-devel] mtn lua execute

[Timothy Brownawell]

On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 19:29 +0100, Andy Jones wrote:
> Here's a wild idea for the wishlist.  One that shouldn't take much
> work to implement.
> 
> We already have "mtn db execute" to run an unspecified SQL query.  How
> about a similar command to run an unspecified lua function from
> monotonerc?  Maybe "mtn db luaexec <function> [...]"?

Our lua hooks don't/can't make monotone do anything. They're used either
to let monotone call external commands (email to a commits list, for
example) or for configuration (trust hooks).

> The main use I can see for this is release control, where you want to
> automate certain behaviours specific to the local disk or network, but
> to tie it into the version control hooks within Monotone.  But I would
> have thought that the uses of such a function would be innumerate.
> 
> Yes, I know you can use mtn automate and the shell to do a great deal.
>  But Lua is +much+ more powerful than Bash.  And I can't be the only
> person who uses Monotone under Windows...

Doesn't have to be shell. The automate interface can be used from any
language that lets you start and talk to other programs.

Tim
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