setup: accept relative path or enforce absolute path

[juhp]

I had a quick play with eureka and thought I would report my initial impressions:

During setup a relative path is accepted (probably anything even).
Then when running eureka it panics with Could not locate repo at: sdfsdf.

If possible it might be better just to init a git repo in a default location.
Perhaps there is some cross-platform library that could help with that?
Not sure if making the branch configurable is really needed at setup time (modern git defaults to main)?
You could also have a --clone option to get a remote repo.

You could use ~/.eureka for configuring an alternative repo location location.

[simeg]

Hi @juhp!

Enforcing absolute path sounds easier than trying to figure out a relative path. The path is persisted to disk so it needs to be absolute. I agree that makes sense.

If possible it might be better just to init a git repo in a default location.

I like that idea -- it can be an optional step during the setup. That would save the user some manual work.

Not sure if making the branch configurable is really needed at setup time (modern git defaults to main)?

I'm trying to remember why I decided this was a good idea because I can't think of a good reason to have it right now. The program assumes you have a separate repo for your ideas so why should it not assume you're using the default branch? I will default to main in an upcoming version.

You could also have a --clone option to get a remote repo.

Can you expand on this idea?

Apologies for the late response.

[simeg]

Thanks again for the good ideas @juhp! I've implemented some of them and created separate issues for the rest.

• Enforce absolute path during setup (done in Version 2 #90)
• Default to main branch (done in Version 2 #90 and also proposed in modify default branch to main #89)
• Be able to init repo during setup (Be able to init repo during setup #93)
• Be able to clone repo during setup (Be able to clone existing repo during setup #94)

[juhp]

Thanks - I may have another play with it later :)