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Kitodo.Presentation is a feature-rich framework for building a METS- or IIIF-based digital library. It is part of the Kitodo Digital Library Suite.
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Change directory structure of extension #156

Closed Erikmitk closed 6 years ago

Erikmitk commented 7 years ago

The repository itself contains the directory dlf in which the whole extension is located.

If you want to install it on your local TYPO3 installation you have to clone the repository directly inside the ext directory. Otherwise you end up with a structure like ext/dlf/dlf which does not work.

The drawback of cloning into ext is that any other file/extension that is in there would be in your local kitodo-presentation repository as well (as untracked files). That doesn’t make much sense since it should be encapsulated on its own.

You can potentially clone the repo somewhere and then use a symbolic link in the ext directory. But even then you’d need an additional (superfluous) directory hierarchy for the extension because the .git is a lever higher than the extension itself.

The solution would be to move everything out of the dlf directory into the root of the repository. That would be a drastic change to the repository structure so I don’t know the possible repercussions to that move.

albig commented 7 years ago

I agree with you. This directory layout is not the way we are used too with other extensions.

The workaround is indeed the checkout somewhere (e.g. ext) and make a symbolic link into kitodo-presentation/dlf/.

The solution would be, to move everything into the repository root directory as you described it.

sebastian-meyer commented 6 years ago

I'll do that as soon as the basket feature (#216) is merged to avoid further conflicts.