#Using active model
class Upload
  require 'grit'
  include Grit
  include ActiveModel::Validations
  include ActiveModel::Conversion
  extend ActiveModel::Naming

  attr_accessor :message, :upload
  #attr_accessible :message, :upload, :repo
  #validates the presence of something in the message field
  validates :message, :presence => true, :length => { :maximum =>50}
  validates :upload, :presence => true

  #Creates hash for storing the info about the uploaded file for validation
  def initialize(attributes = {})
    attributes.each do |name, value|
      send("#{name}=", value)
    end
  end

  #takes the upload object and extracts the file.
  def filesave
    # Calls the .original_filename method on the upload object and stores in the
    # variable name
    name = upload.original_filename
    directory = "/home/resource_portal/website/public/data/upload"
    # create the file path
    path = File.join(directory, name)
    # write the file
    File.open(path, "wb") { |f| f.write(upload.read) }
    # commit the file to the git repo
    committer = @user
    repo = Grit::Repo.new("/home/resource_portal/website/public/data/upload")
    index = Index.new(repo)
    index.add(name, message)
    #index.commit(message)
    repo.commit_all(message)
  end
end

committer = @user
repo.commit_all(message, user)