Git and versioning
This functionality requires OpenSesame 2.8.2, which is currently under development.
Using a version-control system, such as Git, is good practice when developing experiments.
Overview
Setting up a Git-friendly experiment
OpenSesame’s default .opensesame.tar.gz file format is inconvenient for versioning, because Git is unable to look inside the archive to inspect changes. But with some clever tricks you can nevertheless set up a Git-friendly OpenSesame experiment.
Save your experiment in .opensesame format
The .opensesame format is a plain-text format and is therefore suitable for version control.
Use a static file-pool folder
The downside of using the .opensesame format is that it doesn’t save the file pool along with the experimental script. To work around this, put all the files that you would normally put in the file pool in a subfolder called __pool__. OpenSesame will automatically treat this folder as part of the file pool.
Create an export script that creates a .opensesame.tar.gz file
To share your experiment it is convenient to use the .opensesame.tar.gz format, because it bundles all experimental files into a single file. You can easily create a Python script that exports your Git-controlled experiment to a single .opensesame.tar.gz file. For an example, see release.py in the Example project.
Example project
An example project can be found here:
