From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:38:25 GMT
Subject: Re: RFC: Subprojects
Message-ID: <7vk6d2fsu6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <43C95F69.7090200@gmail.com>

A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:

>> If I could have just done a "git clone <top-level>" to get it all,
>> I'd have been a much more productive user.
>
> $ make get_sub_components
>
> This can work with most any SCM (depending on your environment), is
> amazingly flexible, and does not require special support in the SCM.

I am with you two on this one, in principle, as a developer.

> The "get" rule for each sub-project could be something like:
>
> 	git_sub-project:
> 		mkdir sub-project
> 		cd sub-project
> 		git-init-db
> 		git-fetch <fetch-options> <repository> <refspec>
> 		git-checkout <branch>
> 		$(MAKE) get_sub_components

There lies a drake here --- <repository> is not the same for
everybody.  It is not a big showstopper dragon, though.