Is it possible to store all files of joomla3 component in one folder inside installed joomla?

Question

It's very comfort to develop module inside installed joomla because I have git repository. After each manipulation I could instantly check it then commit.

With components it is a little bit harder. Components is divided by site and admin parts.

Is it possible to store component completely in one directory?

Answer 1

I don't think it's possible on Joomla 3.X, since you have :

• Backend
  • Admin component
  • Admin language files
• Site
  • Site component
  • Site language files

What you can do is using a script of some sort to make the job.

Have a look at big Joomla open sources packages and see how they do that.

For example: easySDI does this with ANT: https://forge.easysdi.org/projects/easysdi/repository/show/branches/4.4.x/joomla (look build.xml files at the root, and in the components)

Steps are:

1) You checkout their folder in the joomla install[1], and ANT will build the installer. Then you install the package.

2) Do some modifications on the code (IN PLACE in the Joomla install)

3) Run the sync on sync-package ANT target, and the script will copy all the files from the different locations, and package the new installer.

4) You can then commit the changes.

Note [1] checkout must be in the root folder of joomla:

{Joomla root}
  adminstrator
  bin
  cache
  ...
  easysdi << here
  ...
  templates
  tmp

This option takes a little time at start (make your scripts), but is very comfortable afterwards