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Hello,

It sounds like you’ll need to set the path to MySQL in the database settings tab. The setting for this will depend on the system, and can be found by typing “which mysql” in command line.

Is the database on the same server as the WordPress install?

Hello,

Regarding the issue with the error- I agree completely, and the way that Revisr handles errors involving Git has been dramatically improved in the next release. We’re looking to release that very soon.

The main idea behind storing the commits as a custom post type is that you can see more information on each commit directly from Revisr, in a format that integrates with the stock WordPress look and feel, and also allows a good amount of additional functionality without having to reinvent the wheel.

Your concern regarding the possibility of Revisr becoming out of sync is a good one, but with the above mentioned improvements in error reporting, and the fact that Revisr will create new ‘posts’ for commits pulled from another remote, this would be very unlikely to happen. Although, it’s still a good thing to look out for, so for the next release we will add a check for this issue as a precautionary measure.

Thank you for the feedback on the recent activity- it’s something we’ll take into consideration as we develop the plugin further.

I’m marking this thread as resolved as it looks like you found the cause of the original issue (the corrupted git object). If you run into any further issues or have any further feedback, please let me know.

Thank you again for your feedback and for trying Revisr.

Hello,

What happens when you do a commit in shell/command line?

The most common reason for this happening is if the Git username/email hasn’t been configured, which can be set through the Revisr settings page.

Hi,

It looks like the issue was that your remote URL was set incorrectly.

I’ve updated the documentation to include more information on finding and configuring the remote repository.

Please let me know if you run into any further issues. Thank you.

Hi,

Marking this as resolved as this is in the documentation both here:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/revisr/installation/

And here: https://revisr.io/documentation/

Noted on automatically writing to .htaccess. This will be included next release.

Hello,

This has been added to the installation notes page:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/revisr/installation/

Also encouraged using SSH as opposed to HTTPS, as this is a more secure method that makes this issue irrelevant.

Thank you.

Can you please provide more details on what and how it broke? It writes to the .git/config file as this is the default functionality with git. Does the Apache user running Revisr have permissions to write to the .git directory?

Better documentation is almost finished and will be released this weekend.

For those interested, this turned out to be a file permission issue on the server.

Leaving this thread open for now, while we add checks for permissions for the next release.

Thanks, will add this into the installation notes.

Thanks for the tip. Will be included in the next release.

Hello,

The issue is likely the remote settings. A slight bug with WAMP is that when Revisr can’t communicate with a remote (for example, if it fails due to authentication), Revisr will freeze on the dashboard page.

You can fix this by making sure you have the correct remote URL and username set on the settings page. It may be worth trying the ‘https://’ method of authenticating with Bitbucket or Github, as it allows you to specify the password.

In the next release, settings will be validated upon save so you’ll know right away if one of the settings are wrong.

Let me know if you run into any further issues.

Currently the database host is pulled directly from the wp-config.php. I will look into adding this as a dynamic setting for the next release.

If I understand the issue correctly, you could add the wp-config.php file to the .gitignore on the repo so it’s no longer tracked and pulled down. This would prevent you from having to update it manually when pushing/pulling.

If you’re running into a different issue, please let me know. thanks!

Can you please try doing an initial commit and pushing to the remote through SSH and seeing if that corrects the issue?

If not, feel free to email support at expandedfronts.com so we can look into the issue further.

Thank you.

Hello,

Can you please confirm if the path to git been set on the server? Are you able to do a git commit from command line in that directory?

Currently Revisr versions a single sql dump of the file through git. You can read more about it on the FAQs page:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/revisr/faq/