Compile Gitify into a .phar file

[pbowyer]

To make installation easier, it'd be great to compile Gitify into a PHP Archive, to make installation on remote/production servers easier.

I've yet to do this (may attempt as an interesting exercise) but would probably use Composer's compiler as a template: https://github.com/composer/composer/blob/c573ae57810e98f60e810e5d1a920a51c12c8ebc/src/Composer/Compiler.php

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[Mark-H]

Look forward to seeing a PR for that ;) Can see a couple of benefits for shipping a .phar alongside the "manual" installation.

[Mark-H]

One thing that may be troublesome with a .phar file is some enhancements I have planned, including #19 (using local MODX zips instead of always downloading from MODX.com to speed things up), will rely on writing to a central gitify folder. I was thinking of doing that inside the gitify folder itself, but if it's turned into a .phar, I'm not sure if that's still possible.

[alroniks]

@Mark-H Best way for store modx zips - use folder with leading dot in the name.
Gitify can create .gitify folder in users /home and store data to this folder. And then use data from this folder. The same way use composer for cache packages.

[Mark-H]

That sounds like a good idea.