Re^4: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally

local caching without rewriting urls, ex <script src="//cdn..../../../"

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but how would you do this for URLs like the ones I showed, e.g. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/8.0.0/normalize.min.css? Remember I said these files are for public distribution, and I can't rely on people having a local server - it's even possible to open the HTML files from the local disk (file://). Using the public CDN URLs is easy, and doesn't require me to distribute a bunch of extra files along with my own.

something like url_for('resource.js') in javascript or perl, to load resources based on configuration/environment

Sure, that's a possibility - but then that code gets run for everybody. This tool is really only meant to be a development aid, it applies only to the local git working copy, and only when it's configured by the user. The files in the repository are those for distribution, and thanks to the filter they always keep their public CDN URLs.

The only downside of the git filter approach that I can see so far is the small performance penalty on some git operations. So I'm not yet convinced that there is something wrong with this approach.

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Re^5: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally by Anonymous Monk on Oct 14, 2018 at 07:21 UTC
Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but how would you do this for URLs like the ones I showed, e.g. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/8.0.0/normalize.min.css? Remember I said these files are for public distribution, and I can't rely on people having a local server - it's even possible to open the HTML files from the local disk (file://). Using the public CDN URLs is easy, and doesn't require me to distribute a bunch of extra files along with my own. Huh? The html files merely detect if a local cache exists, otherwise they load from internet So a wannabe developer, or clever end user, merely runs `cacheresources.pl` and they're set	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally by haukex (Archbishop) on Oct 14, 2018 at 07:30 UTC
Sorry, I don't understand what point you're making, and I've already replied on the topic of JS vs. a git filter (twice). Protocol-relative URLs appear to be widely discouraged now, and as I already said, don't seem to help in this case anyway. Could you maybe show some example code of what you mean?	[reply]
Re^7: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally by hippo (Archbishop) on Oct 14, 2018 at 12:26 UTC
Protocol-relative URLs appear to be widely discouraged now This is news to me. Who is discouraging their use and why?	[reply]
Re^8: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally by haukex (Archbishop) on Oct 14, 2018 at 13:25 UTC
Re^9: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally by hippo (Archbishop) on Oct 14, 2018 at 16:59 UTC
Re^7: Using a git filter to Cache HTML Resources Locally by Anonymous Monk on Oct 15, 2018 at 02:01 UTC
Let me try an funnalogy, as I don't see code contributing to understanding when simple english isn't me: why not a lightswitch? you: what are you crazy, I've already installed electrician to rewire the house on demand enjoy	[reply]