Github recognizes CFML
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Github now tracks CFML syntax. Github uses Pygments, a generic syntax highlighter. Pygment recently added support for CFML and Github has implemented it.
What does this mean to the ColdFusion community?
Github recognizing ColdFusion means more exposure. Currently ColdFusion is the 32nd most popular language on Github. PHP is the 7th. I would love to see more of the ColdFusion community migrating open source projects to github.
Snapshot from http://github.com/rip747/cfwheels
What is Git and Github?
"Git is a fast, efficient, distributed version control system ideal for the collaborative development of software.
GitHub is the easiest (and prettiest) way to participate in that collaboration: fork projects, send pull requests, monitor development, all with ease." – text from http://github.com
What about Riaforge?
Riaforge should still be the centralized place to find and showcase open source project built on Adobe technology but the source code and issue tracker should reside on Github. Similiar to projects using Google Code. CFGithub is an example of a Riaforge project using Github.
Getting Started
There is plenty of information on the web about using git and github.
More Information
Git, Github, ColdFusion, and Open Source
Why GitHub Will Overtake SourceForge
That rocks! Awhile ago I submitted a request for CFML support in Pygments because it's used in Review Board as well. Glad to see someone managed to knock that out!
Very cool to hear this. I don't believe I can agree with 'bug tracking shouldn't be on RIAForge' - I think the issue tracking works well there and will soon have SVN post commit hook integration. If you have other suggestions for how the issue tracking could be improved, let me know.
But really - thats a minor nit. Very happy with this news!
Thanks Ray. I am not familiar with the issue tracker features of Riaforge versus Github except I would expect tighter integration with tickets and source code.
I would like to point out projects could use Riaforge Issue tracker with the source code on Github and still have the benefits of Git/Github.
It is very easy to import SVN repositories into Github through a simple wizard. http://github.com/blog/156-subversion-importing
Yeah - post commit ticket updating is "mostly" done - just need a free weekend to wrap it. ;)
FYI, at lunch, I'll be updating RIAForge so that a project can say it's source control is hosting at an external URL.
Excellent! As a GitHub user for my own CFML projects, I'm thrilled to see this.
I just noticed this and then saw your blog post about it. Very good news indeed.
I had emailed GitHub a while ago asking for CFML support, and they said that they would get it in there as soon as Pygments was done. Looks like they weren't lying. :)