🚀 Feature: function version control

[alexander-potemkin]

🔖 Feature description

Ability to version control functions code (like git does)

🎤 Pitch

Guess the use case is obvious, as I post it on GitHub issues, guess it might be even on the roadmap?

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[stnguyen90]

@alexander-potemkin, thanks for raising this issue! 🙏 Could you expand more on this request? I typically use the Appwrite CLI and version control the appwrite.json and the functions I create with git. What else did you have in mind?

[alexander-potemkin]

Hi @stnguyen90 and thanks for the prompt response!
My understanding was that I can edit functions via the web GUI, isn't it right?

[stnguyen90]

@alexander-potemkin, you can upload additional code and edit function settings. You can't modify lines of code, if that's what you're asking.

[alexander-potemkin]

Right, thank you, @stnguyen90 .
Is there any plans to create a web based environment to create, edit and maintain those functions?

[stnguyen90]

@alexander-potemkin, probably not. Definitely not anytime soon.

[alexander-potemkin]

I see, thank you, @stnguyen90. I was somehow under impression, that AppWrite is more of a low-code instrument, that tends to minimize command line things - could you please, help me to better understand it's goal and target audience, please?

[stnguyen90]

@alexander-potemkin, Appwrite isn't really a low-code tool. It's a back-end server that simplifies things for app developers so they can focus on building their app rather than their app AND a backend. Does that answer your question? If so, can this be closed?

[alexander-potemkin]

@stnguyen90 , it does, partially, thank you.

I see that AppWrite could be used in pair with no-/low-code tools, but for this it's missing an ability to easily create and edit functions from the web.

Do you have some ideas how it could be done - the most easy and quick to implement way possibly?

[stnguyen90]

@alexander-potemkin, I'm not sure if there's a quick and easy way to do this in a browser. Some hurdles would be:

• How to manage files?
• How to create a gzip file with the code?

Eventually, you'd need to create a gzip file with the code and call the Create Deployment API.

[alexander-potemkin]

Thank you!

Something like a working folder with the files; once 'commit' button clicked, folder gzip-ed and send via the API ?

Output is displayed somewhere for example, at the bottom?

[eldadfux]

@alexander-potemkin next version of Appwrite 1.4 will allow you to connect Appwrite with your git and automatically deploy your code on commit/merge. Closing this issue for now.