@Devon from digest
My project structure is more complicated than .tm_properties will allow. I organize projects by referencing different folders from several different places.
I guess I would need support for aliases or symlinks or something in order to use TM2 the way that I use TM1. Has anyone else found a good workaround for this?
- Devon
What I have done is to make a (project) folder somewhere convenient and fill it with Mac aliases. They seem to work just fine for the purposes, so there is no need to hit terminal to make links. Put your collection of aliases into the project folder. Open the folder in TM2 and add it to favorites. It seems to work very nicely, although it is a bit labor intensive to set up. However, I'm sure that eventually some of the wizards who inhabit this realm will concoct a scheme to make this easier. Functionally, it is serving me well.
I work mostly with web sites which are not particularly large. Version control with svn is nice from TM2. It's all under cmd-Y whether you use Git or Svn. There are some oddities in that package, but I'm willing to be patient.
I like seeing files using OS structure and I can get to any file on the system with this approach. For working with a folder of files, things are simple.
I suppose this is alpha because some parts are not yet present. It runs like a good beta, however. I am using it almost exclusively. Good job, folks.
--Lewy
Lewy,
When you do this, are you able to search across all files contained in those aliases? I am not. I just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious.
Thanks, - Devon
On Feb 11, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Lewy wrote:
@Devon from digest
My project structure is more complicated than .tm_properties will allow. I organize projects by referencing different folders from several different places.
I guess I would need support for aliases or symlinks or something in order to use TM2 the way that I use TM1. Has anyone else found a good workaround for this?
- Devon
What I have done is to make a (project) folder somewhere convenient and fill it with Mac aliases. They seem to work just fine for the purposes, so there is no need to hit terminal to make links. Put your collection of aliases into the project folder. Open the folder in TM2 and add it to favorites. It seems to work very nicely, although it is a bit labor intensive to set up. However, I'm sure that eventually some of the wizards who inhabit this realm will concoct a scheme to make this easier. Functionally, it is serving me well.
On 13/02/2012, at 21.10, Devon Weller wrote:
When you do this, are you able to search across all files contained in those aliases? I am not. I just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious.
In the Find in Folder window is a pop-down menu next to the disclosure triangle in the results header.
First item is “Symbolic Links” and causes the search to follow symbolic links.
I notice several list posts speak of aliases — aliases created with Finder is a legacy thing and not something the Find in Folder will follow. Not sure which you created.
On Feb 11, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Lewy wrote:
@Devon from digest
My project structure is more complicated than .tm_properties will allow. I organize projects by referencing different folders from several different places.
I guess I would need support for aliases or symlinks or something in order to use TM2 the way that I use TM1. Has anyone else found a good workaround for this?
- Devon
What I have done is to make a (project) folder somewhere convenient and fill it with Mac aliases. They seem to work just fine for the purposes, so there is no need to hit terminal to make links. Put your collection of aliases into the project folder. Open the folder in TM2 and add it to favorites. It seems to work very nicely, although it is a bit labor intensive to set up. However, I'm sure that eventually some of the wizards who inhabit this realm will concoct a scheme to make this easier. Functionally, it is serving me well.
I work mostly with web sites which are not particularly large. Version control with svn is nice from TM2. It's all under cmd-Y whether you use Git or Svn. There are some oddities in that package, but I'm willing to be patient.
I like seeing files using OS structure and I can get to any file on the system with this approach. For working with a folder of files, things are simple.
I suppose this is alpha because some parts are not yet present. It runs like a good beta, however. I am using it almost exclusively. Good job, folks.
--Lewy
One of the problems with using aliases is that you can't rearrange them in the way they are displayed, which is habitual for me in TM1. I don't want to see things displayed in e.g. alphabetical order but in any "logical" order of my choosing. This lets me group things in ways that make sense and thus make them easy to locate. Jerry
One of the problems with using aliases is that you can't rearrange them in the way they are displayed, which is habitual for me in TM1. I don't want to see things displayed in e.g. alphabetical order but in any "logical" order of my choosing. This lets me group things in ways that make sense and thus make them easy to locate. Jerry
Yes, this is a really really nice to have. I miss the TM1 project manager dearly on TM2. Alias and etc got me going but still missing a few things to make it ideal, and this is a big one, to be able to rearrange in the order of my choosing without renaming the aliases/folders
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