start saving edits right in the source dir

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Sep 9, 2023, 5:47 PM

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Dependencies

[2] FD6GKGZE add a link
[3] 55UFMP6U slightly easier to understand
[4] TFRXO4PW simplify check for '0000'
[5] GACNGS44 combine 2 levels of indent
[6] 3LU2TYSW bugfix: deleting definitions
[7] LRDM35CE app running again
[8] FFFJ54GJ restore globals after running tests
[9] NMZSTB75 one more fix
[10] EZHO4TSW new file-system format for freewheeling apps
[11] 2DVVKKVA flesh out Readme
[12] 3BRGOF7N return failing tests with every code change
[13] WYKKFV2G prevent overriding foundational definitions
[14] IJQP7HJK bugfix: only include files with numeric _prefixes_
[15] D4FEFHQC flesh out Readme
[*] BSDXVB3H backport some doc updates and renames
[*] FS2ITYYH record a known issue

Change contents

edit in live.lua at line 19

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-- We try to save new definitions in the source directory, but this is not
-- possible if the app lives in a .love file. In that case new definitions
-- go in the save dir.
edit in live.lua at line 51

[5.2087]→[5.2087:2158](∅→∅),[5.2158]→[5.586:857](∅→∅),[5.857]→[5.9:103](∅→∅),[5.103]→[5.950:1081](∅→∅),[5.950]→[5.950:1081](∅→∅),[5.1081]→[5.3845:3869](∅→∅),[5.3845]→[5.3845:3869](∅→∅),[5.3869]→[3.10:111](∅→∅)

print('new edits will go to ' .. love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory())
-- if necessary, copy files from repo to save dir
if io.open(love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()..'/0000-freewheeling-start') == nil then
print('copying all definitions from repo to save dir')
for _,filename in ipairs(love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems('')) do
local numeric_prefix, root = filename:match('^(%d+)-(.+)')
if numeric_prefix then
local buf = love.filesystem.read(filename)
print('copying', filename)
love.filesystem.write(filename, buf)
end
end
end
-- list files to load in save dir
-- (ignore the repo because we might have deleted definitions)
replacement in live.lua at line 52

[5.1181]→[5.9:145](∅→∅),[5.145]→[4.11:77](∅→∅),[4.77]→[5.85:261](∅→∅),[5.85]→[5.85:261](∅→∅),[5.261]→[5.4253:4263](∅→∅),[5.427]→[5.4253:4263](∅→∅),[5.1480]→[5.4253:4263](∅→∅),[5.4253]→[5.4253:4263](∅→∅)

if io.open(love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory()..'/'..filename) then
local numeric_prefix, root = filename:match('^(%d+)-(.+)')
if numeric_prefix and not numeric_prefix:match('^0+$') then
Live.filename[root] = filename
table.insert(Live.filenames_to_load, filename)
Live.final_prefix = math.max(Live.final_prefix, tonumber(numeric_prefix))
end

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local numeric_prefix, root = filename:match('^(%d+)-(.+)')
if numeric_prefix and tonumber(numeric_prefix) > 0 then -- skip 0000
Live.filename[root] = filename
table.insert(Live.filenames_to_load, filename)
Live.final_prefix = math.max(Live.final_prefix, tonumber(numeric_prefix))
edit in live.lua at line 156

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-- try to remove the file from both source_dir and save_dir
-- this won't work for files inside .love files
App.remove(App.source_dir..Live.filename[definition_name])
replacement in live.lua at line 214

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love.filesystem.write(filename, buf)

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-- try to write to source dir
local status, err = App.write_file(App.source_dir..filename, buf)
if err then
-- not possible; perhaps it's a .love file
-- try to write to save dir
local status, err2 = App.write_file(App.save_dir..filename, buf)
if err2 then
-- throw an error
live.send_to_driver('ERROR '..tostring(err..'\n\n'..err2))
return
end
end
replacement in README.md at line 30

[5.2866]→[5.2866:2958](∅→∅),[5.2958]→[2.18:160](∅→∅)

To publish your changes:
* delete all files with a numeric prefix from the repo, and then
* move all files with a numeric prefix from the [save directory](https://love2d.org/wiki/love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory)
to the repo.

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If you run a .love file, your changes will go into the [save directory](https://love2d.org/wiki/love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory).
If you unzip the .love file into a new directory and run the directory
instead, your changes will go straight into the same directory.