finworks/smallsource — Issue #12: remove redundant meta information
Author: ottobehrens
Created: 2012-01-29 23:14:47+00:00
State: open

When using an SCM at the back end, all the meta information regarding the timestamp and author of a package and method is in the SCM. In git, it is quite well factored and one can hunt for information in the repository. This means the following:
1. if we add subdirectories for categories, the tree will go deeper, but it will mirror the class browser exactly
2. the method source will simply be exactly and only what is in a method's file (no clutter)
3. no version file to merge with
4. smallest possible repository
5. possible tight coupling with the SCM, unless we can find a generic interface
6. could be more expensive to derive timestamp and user from SCM when compiling?