Superproject branch tracking?

Jon Loeliger· Jan 21, 2009, 21:22 UTC · lore

Guys,

Can someone tell me what the current best practice to have a Git supermodule maintain a branch that is actively tracking a similarly named branch in all of the submodules?

That is, I want have a scenario where I would like the master branch of a super-project to always (or on demand) reflect the current HEAD of the master branch in each of the submodules.

Does anyone have a script up their sleeve that I can use as a hook in the super to notice updates to a submodule and cause it to scurry around the sub-modules and create a new (updated) commit in the super?

Thanks, jdl

David Aguilar· Jan 21, 2009, 23:25 UTC · re: Jon Loeliger · lore

Re: Superproject branch tracking?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> wrote:

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> Guys,
>
> Can someone tell me what the current best practice
> to have a Git supermodule maintain a branch that is
> actively tracking a similarly named branch in all of
> the submodules?
>
> That is, I want have a scenario where I would like
> the master branch of a super-project to always (or on
> demand) reflect the current HEAD of the master branch
> in each of the submodules.
>
> Does anyone have a script up their sleeve that I can
> use as a hook in the super to notice updates to a submodule
> and cause it to scurry around the sub-modules and create
> a new (updated) commit in the super?
>
> Thanks,
> jdl
>

Hello

Have you seen Shawn's repo tool?

    http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/10/22/3763214

It might not do *exactly* what you're looking for, but it is magical.

There's also a repo-discuss google group where repo-specific questions can be addressed.

-- 
    David