[Asdf-devel] Merging experimental-submodules

[Faré]

Actually, I believe git submodule is a *huge* plus in this case, since
it means you can choose whether or not you want to checkout the
dependencies. I for one don't usually want them to interfere with my
otherwise checked out dependencies.

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On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Kambiz Darabi <darabi at m-creations.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> with apologies for not having done the job in the first place, I would
> recommend using subtrees [1] instead of submodules. The most promiment
> difference for people who check out and use the repo is that they don't
> have to deal with 'git submodule init, git submodule update'.
>
> The subtree is already in the checked out source as if it was an
> integral part of it, and it is fixed to a certain commit at the time
> when the git subtree command was issued by the maintainer(s) which
> minimises the risk of checking out an incompatible version with git
> submodule update.
>
> I have pushed an updated version of your experimental-submodules branch
> to
>
> https://github.com/darabi/asdf/commits/experimental-submodules
>
> As you can see, all files are already present:
>
> https://github.com/darabi/asdf/tree/experimental-submodules/ext/cl-ppcre
>
> With git subtree split, it is easily possible to fix bugs in the ext/*
> repos and contribute them back to the original repo.
>
> I will update the README with the exact commands which were necessary to
> create the subtrees and which ones to use to update/split the repos, if
> that file is the correct place for the documentation (maybe you would
> prefer having one single README at the top-leve).
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Kambiz
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt
>
>
> On 2014-08-28 03:49 CEST, "Robert P. Goldman" <rpgoldman at sift.info> wrote:
>
>> Now is the time to speak up if there's any reason I should *not* merge
>> the experimental-submodules branch, which will make ASDF freestanding by
>> pulling in its build dependencies.
>>
>> I'll probably merge this and push sometime tomorrow.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> r
>>
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