[Asdf-devel] Merging experimental-submodules

[Kambiz Darabi]

I don't know how many people are devs and how many people just 'users'
in the sense that they clone the repo and use it without caring about
the dependencies of asdf.

But your point is definitively valid.

Cheers


Kambiz

On 2014-08-30 22:46 CEST, Faré <fahree at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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