You configure the program with your name, the root folder of your
project and a shared folder everybody can see.
You configure the git hooks. All the hook script does is create a
small text file with a .git extension on a shared folder.
3 git hooks
are used to know if you've checked out or checked in files:
post-checkout
Script runs when you run git checkout.
post-commit
Script runs when you run git commit.
post-merge
Script runs when you run git pull.
A C#
FileSystemWatcher
watches the folder (and all subfolders) of your program directory.
This is how the program knows if a file changed.
The Local Fetch Function: The program runs
git status --porcelain
and saves the output
(list of files you are currently editing) to a file on the shared drive.
The Remote Fetch Function: The program looks on the shared drive for
other text files
to get the list of files other people have changed. Also (optionally)
turn on or off read only
attributes of files on your hard drive that other people are editing.
Events:
When the program sees that a source code file is changed on your project, it runs The Local
Fetch Function.
When the program sees that a .git file is created on the shared
folder with the name of the person
running it, it deletes the file, then runs The Local Fetch Function.
This .git file was created by one of the 3 git hooks listed above.
When the program sees that a .txt file is created or edited on the shared folder, it runs The Remote Fetch Function.
If you look on the shared drive, you'll see a .txt file for each user
listing what files they are currently editing.
Visual Git Safe