OK, this may be a stupid question, but what exactly does this module do?

I sort of understand what 'make' does, though I've used it. I'm a drush user, and I'm interested in installation profiles and the like.

I'd love to kick the tires on this sucker...

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#4 drush_make_docs_revised.patch2.99 KBacrollet
#1 drush_make_docs.patch2.84 KBacrollet

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acrollet commented
Title: What does this module do? » Initial stab at some documentation
Status: Active » Needs review
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new drush_make_docs.patch2.84 KB

I'm attaching a patch to add README.txt and INSTALL.txt files to provide some small amount of documentation. I view these files only as a starting point, and are only based on what I've learned after playing around with drush_make for a couple of days, so hopefully others will expand and improve upon what I've got here.

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fallsemo commented

Awesome acrollet.

But I think the documentation needs to be clear about its dependency on Drush and how its installed in context to that.

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glass.dimly commented

I'm glad that you're documenting this. I now understand what this module does and I think this will be very useful.

Documentation for such a module as this will no doubt be a work in progress and will continue to grow as features increase. Next time I install Drupal, I'll create an drush make file and post any problems I have with the documentation.

Of course, anybody can review the documentation....

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acrollet commented
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new drush_make_docs_revised.patch2.99 KB

@#2: updated INSTALL.txt to clearly reference drush_make's dependency on drush, and provide a link to the drush homepage. New patch attached.

thanks for the feedback!

@glass.dimly: look forward to your perspective after trying things out.

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dmitrig01 commented
Status: Needs review » Patch (to be ported)

Committed with modifications, thanks!

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dmitrig01 commented
Status: Patch (to be ported) » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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R-H commented

Sorry, can't figure out where to put drush_make. Why is it a bad idea to put it in the commands directory?

The documentation says:

+To install drush_make, create a directory named .drush in your home directory, and move this directory into it.

What's is my home directory? I have root on my server. Drush is in ./opt/drush/

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dmitrig01 commented

type cd ~ and you will be in your home directory. from there you can mkdir .drush;cd .drush;wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush_make-6.x-2.0-beta2.tar.gz;tar -xzf drush_make-6.x-2.0-beta2.tar.gz