lib/appjam/generators/gist.rb in appjam-0.1.8.pre12 vs lib/appjam/generators/gist.rb in appjam-0.1.8.pre13

@@ -127,10 +127,21 @@
           @developer = "eiffel"
           @created_on = Date.today.to_s
           self.destination_root = options[:root]
           
           require 'yaml'
-          g = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/gist.yml'))   
+          begin
+            page_source = Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse("http://eiffelqiu.github.com/appjam/gist.yml"))
+          rescue SocketError => e
+            puts "can not access github.com, back to local version gist.yml"
+          end   
+          begin 
+            puts "fetching new gists ..." 
+            g = YAML::load(page_source)  
+          rescue ArgumentError => e
+            puts "can't fetch new gists, loading local gists ..."
+            g = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/gist.yml'))
+          end
           g.each_pair {|key,value|
             gcategory = key.downcase
             g[key].each { |k|
               k.each_pair { |k1,v1|
                 if "#{k1}" == @gist_name