Here is a story about a guy who tried to speak a language he didn't know. Like Twilight, there are several chapters in that story, but don't worry, it's not about sissy hormone troubled teenagers trying to grasp the meaning of life.<\/p>\n
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Three days ago, I spent some time looking for existing tools to migrate issues from a Google Project to Github. I found different scripts, in Ruby, Perl and Python.<\/p>\n
First, I wasted quite some time getting the scripts to run because I was missing dependencies or modules and, depending on the language, it's more or less obvious how to add them (while I'm at it: Perl, it's been a long time. I hope it'll be another long time).<\/p>\n
None of these scripts really suited my needs, so I wasted some more time trying to customize them, but I failed because what I wanted to do was a bit more complex than what my limited understanding of these languages allow me. I don't speak Python.<\/p>\n
\r\n try and edit Ruby, Perl then Python scripts\r\n+ fail \r\n+ go to sleep angry because of wasted evening\r\n---------------------------------------------\r\n= 3 hours\r\n<\/pre>\nMorale of that first chapter<\/strong>: don't try to speak Japanese if you don't speak Japanese.<\/p>\n
Chapter 2: PHPfication<\/h2>\n
Then I got a dramatic revelation: "Jeeeez, st00pid, why don't you just code it yourself? Duh!!". Indeed, as I first went and search for something already existing, and slowly got dragged into wasting more time, I just haven't had the idea. But looking at that Python script (man, I was *this* close to hack it the way I needed :) something obvious surfaced: working with Github's API and its OAuth stuff is plain easy (makes me wonder why it's such a pain in the ass with Twitter, for instance)<\/p>\n
So, I started from an empty migrate.php<\/tt> and in less time than what you need to spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", I got the perfect script for my needs.<\/p>\n
\r\n code in PHP from scratch\r\n+ create at least 50 repos on Github to test and fine tune\r\n+ success\r\n+ write documentation\r\n+ feel like an open source superhero\r\n+ impress my kids during next breakfast\r\n----------------------------------------------------------\r\n= 3 hours. Or maybe 6 or 9, but hey, time flies when you're having fun!\r\n<\/pre>\nChapter 3: Publification<\/h2>\n