# [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool 10 messages from 2008-10-22 to 2008-10-23. Participants: Shawn O. Pearce, Junio C Hamano, Leo Razoumov, David Symonds. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16012 ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-10-22 15:42 Subject: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: <20081022154245.GT14786@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081022154245.GT14786%40spearce.org ``` My "bundle related secret project" was released yesterday by Google as part of the Android open source release event. (I've mentioned it before on-list in the context of a modified "git status" output.) Google developed two tools, repo and Gerrit, and open sourced them under the Apache License: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/repo.git http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gerrit.git git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/gerrit.git repo is a Python application to bind together Git repositories, something like "git submodule", except it can track a project's branch rather than a specific Git commit. repo is also able to natively import a tarball or zip file and use it to initialize a repository from an upstream source, then apply git based changes on top of that tarball. In other words, repo is (more or less) built to manage an OS distribution, in Git. Gerrit is a web based code review system, forked off the open sourced Rietveld code review system. Gerrit runs on the highly scaleable Google App Engine platform, but probably could be ported to an open-source MySQL or PostgreSQL backend if people really wanted to do that. You can read some more of how Android has applied these tools to its development process here: http://source.android.com/download http://source.android.com/submit-patches/workflow http://source.android.com/download/using-repo Although the current tool documentation is only on the Android site, both the repo and Gerrit tools are not specific to Android and are designed to be applied to any project that wants to use a similar process. repo and Gerrit are actually developed with themselves. You can use repo to fetch repo: curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo >~/bin/repo chomd a+x ~/bin/repo mkdir myrepo cd myrepo repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/manifest.git repo sync The "git status" output I was talking about before is the "repo status" subcommand, e.g.: $ echo '# test' >>repo/repo ; # modify a tracked file $ repo status project repo/ (*** NO BRANCH ***) -m repo -- Shawn. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-10-22 19:14 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: <7vzlkwtpbq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vzlkwtpbq.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20081022154245.GT14786@spearce.org> ``` "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > Google developed two tools, repo and Gerrit, and open sourced them > under the Apache License: > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/repo.git > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gerrit.git > > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/gerrit.git Heh, very nice, with a very shallow history ;-) ``` ## Leo Razoumov, 2008-10-22 19:55 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ee2a733e0810221255u23aabef2i66d878bcbfa11816%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20081022154245.GT14786@spearce.org> ``` On 10/22/08, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > My "bundle related secret project" was released yesterday by Google > as part of the Android open source release event. (I've mentioned > it before on-list in the context of a modified "git status" output.) > > Google developed two tools, repo and Gerrit, and open sourced them > under the Apache License: > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/repo.git > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gerrit.git > > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/gerrit.git > > repo is a Python application to bind together Git repositories, > something like "git submodule", except it can track a project's > branch rather than a specific Git commit. repo is also able to > natively import a tarball or zip file and use it to initialize a > repository from an upstream source, then apply git based changes > on top of that tarball. In other words, repo is (more or less) > built to manage an OS distribution, in Git. > [..snip..] Are there any plans to make repo an official git command (e.g. git-repo) or merge its functionality with git-submodule? --Leo-- ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-10-22 21:13 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: <20081022211320.GW14786@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081022211320.GW14786%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <7vzlkwtpbq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > > > Google developed two tools, repo and Gerrit, and open sourced them > > under the Apache License: > > > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/repo.git > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gerrit.git > > > > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git > > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/gerrit.git > > Heh, very nice, with a very shallow history ;-) Yea, well, some of our history messages are downright messy and/or contain information we don't want to disclose to the public. Its apparently "normal" for Google to just drop history when it opens a code base. :-\ The repo and Gerrit histories are short enough that I might be able to go through them and clean them up some (remove any comments revealing Google secrets) and publish the history under a different repository. Folks can always graft it behind the (now) real repository. I can't promise anything, but I'll talk to my co-contributors and consider doing this in the near future. -- Shawn. ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-10-22 21:16 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: <20081022211605.GX14786@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081022211605.GX14786%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: ``` Leo Razoumov wrote: > On 10/22/08, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > > > > Google developed two tools, repo and Gerrit, and open sourced them > > under the Apache License: > > > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/repo.git > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gerrit.git > > > > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git > > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/gerrit.git > > > > repo is a Python application to bind together Git repositories, > > something like "git submodule", > > Are there any plans to make repo an official git command (e.g. > git-repo) or merge its functionality with git-submodule? I currently do not plan on asking Junio to consider making repo part of git. However, I am also not adverse to it if repo development slows down and there is sufficient community interest. -- Shawn. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-10-22 23:16 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: <7vvdvkte4i.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vvdvkte4i.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20081022211320.GW14786@spearce.org> ``` "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > Junio C Hamano wrote: >> "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: >> >> > Google developed two tools, repo and Gerrit, and open sourced them >> > under the Apache License: >> > >> > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/repo.git >> > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gerrit.git >> > >> > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git >> > git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/gerrit.git >> >> Heh, very nice, with a very shallow history ;-) > > Yea, well, some of our history messages are downright messy and/or > contain information we don't want to disclose to the public. Its > apparently "normal" for Google to just drop history when it opens > a code base. :-\ Yeah, I understand that would be a norm for anybody who wasn't originally open. I was just teasing, not really complaining ;-) By the way, are you still in need of a folding bookshelf from Target? ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-10-22 23:17 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: <20081022231756.GY14786@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081022231756.GY14786%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <7vvdvkte4i.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Junio C Hamano wrote: > > By the way, are you still in need of a folding bookshelf from Target? If you saw my wife's book collection, and the space we have, you'd understand my need for bookshelves... sadly we only have one. Why do you ask? -- Shawn. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-10-22 23:46 Subject: [OT] Amazon wishlist (was Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool) Message-ID: <7vbpxctcpk.fsf_-_@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vbpxctcpk.fsf_-_%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20081022231756.GY14786@spearce.org> ``` "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >> By the way, are you still in need of a folding bookshelf from Target? > > If you saw my wife's book collection, and the space we have, you'd > understand my need for bookshelves... sadly we only have one. > Why do you ask? Because I stumbled across: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=1XF91IZ5VXGTQ recalled that you moved recently, thought perhaps it might be a good idea to send you a housewarming gift, but was not sure if this list really belonged to the person I thought. Crazy people claim to be somebody else while wishing for something the person they are disguising as never would. Once I looked for and found a Linus Torvalds who wanted a bunch of mysql+php books ;-) I was on Amazon's wishlist page because recently somebody asked me about it, probably after reading http://gitster.livejournal.com/ (where I mentioned I recently created one for myself without mentioning its URL -- the page has since been updated with one). ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-10-22 23:52 Subject: Re: [OT] Amazon wishlist (was Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool) Message-ID: <20081022235254.GZ14786@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081022235254.GZ14786%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <7vbpxctcpk.fsf_-_@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Shawn O. Pearce" writes: > > Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> > >> By the way, are you still in need of a folding bookshelf from Target? > > > > If you saw my wife's book collection, and the space we have, you'd > > understand my need for bookshelves... sadly we only have one. > > Why do you ask? > > Because I stumbled across: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=1XF91IZ5VXGTQ > > recalled that you moved recently, thought perhaps it might be a good > idea to send you a housewarming gift, but was not sure if this list really > belonged to the person I thought. Heh, that's very kind. Yes, it is actually my list, but I never use it so I often forget I put things onto it. I think I actually use it as a way to bookmark something I'm looking at on Amazon, and then never wind up going back to because I just didn't get around to it. Last year my thoughtful wife bought my birthday gift from my Amazon wish list. It was a DVD set that I had wanted, but many months before my birthday I had viewed the entire series through Netflix and totally forgot it was on an Amazon wish list. She had no clue and wound up purchasing the DVDs for me anyway. :) > Crazy people claim to be somebody else while wishing for something the > person they are disguising as never would. Once I looked for and found a > Linus Torvalds who wanted a bunch of mysql+php books ;-) Hah! Amazon is dangerous that way. Looking things up by name. Email is usually slightly more unique... -- Shawn. ``` ## David Symonds, 2008-10-23 00:45 Subject: Re: [ANNOUCNE] repo - The Multiple Git Repository Tool Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ee77f5c20810221745o95da5d7l79fb8be13c9c5e2%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <7vvdvkte4i.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > By the way, are you still in need of a folding bookshelf from Target? Weirdest aside *ever* on the Git ML, at least from my memory. Dave. ```