Helper scripts to allow Git to understand files with resource forks, as commonly used in classic Mac OS development. The scripts rely on the Rez and DeRez tools that still (as of 2021) ship with Xcode, which turn can convert resource forks to a textual (.r) format. Besides allowing cross-platform transport of resource forks, .r files diff nicely, especially if using resource definitions to generate more structured output (example).
To install, copy the hooks into the .git/hooks directory of your repository:
cp hooks/derez-resource-forks.py .git/hooks/pre-commit
cp hooks/rez-resource-forks.py .git/hooks/post-checkout
cp hooks/rez-resource-forks.py .git/hooks/post-merge
- Xcode (tested with Xcode 12.4 on Catalina, but the Rez and DeRez tools have not changed in years and thus should work with almost any version)
- Python 2 (used since it ships with macOS and thus removes a need for a separate install)
After doing the initial checkout of a repo with such files, you may need to manually run the .git/hooks/post-checkout script manually (because the hooks were not yet set).
For local development (e.g. for testing out things with the examples directory):
ln -sf ../../hooks/derez-resource-forks.py .git/hooks/pre-commit
ln -sf ../../hooks/rez-resource-forks.py .git/hooks/post-checkout
ln -sf ../../hooks/rez-resource-forks.py .git/hooks/post-merge