# git-archive and submodules 6 messages from 2012-04-19 to 2013-10-10. Participants: André Caron, Jens Lehmann, Robert Quattlebaum, Damien Regad, Amit Bakshi. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30289 ## André Caron, 2012-04-19 20:10 Subject: git-archive and submodules Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALKBF2gwVr0rPn0y8%3DcvwqOsUb7eQPH7EdK5U%2BgfZMzh%3DRpiKw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I've recently needed to create a source code archive as part of a custom build target. This repository uses submodules and I need to include the submodlule's source code in the archives too. However, git-archive does not have any option to do so. I've taken a quick look at the GMANE mailing list archives and it seems this provoked quite a discussion in 2009 and that Lars Hjemli even wrote a patch (in several flavors) for archive.c to include submodule-aware processing. The lastest source code at `git.kernel.org` does not contain any traces of this patch (or submodule aware logic for that matter). The mailing list archives are not very convenient to browse and I can't figure out what the status on this submodule-aware git-archive idea is. Has this idea been completely rejected, or is it still work in progress? In case you're wondering, I don't seem to be the only one needing to do this. I found at least two scripts on GitHub that implement this logic with various levels of accuracy/completeness[1][2] and I've hacked an icky Windows batch file version [3] for minimal Windows support until this feature can be implemented in Git itself. I don't mind putting in some time into a real patch if I need to, but I'm curious about the fact that this has been requested before, a patch was proposed and yet this is still not merged 4 years later. So, what's the status on a submodule-aware git-archive command? Thanks, André [1]: https://github.com/meitar/git-archive-all.sh [2]: https://github.com/Kentzo/git-archive-all [3]: https://github.com/AndreLouisCaron/git-archive-all.bat ``` ## Jens Lehmann, 2012-04-20 08:11 Subject: Re: git-archive and submodules Message-ID: <4F911A2C.4070306@web.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4F911A2C.4070306%40web.de In-Reply-To: ``` Am 19.04.2012 22:10, schrieb André Caron: > Hi, > > I've recently needed to create a source code archive as part of a > custom build target. This repository uses submodules and I need to > include the submodlule's source code in the archives too. However, > git-archive does not have any option to do so. > > I've taken a quick look at the GMANE mailing list archives and it > seems this provoked quite a discussion in 2009 and that Lars Hjemli > even wrote a patch (in several flavors) for archive.c to include > submodule-aware processing. The lastest source code at > `git.kernel.org` does not contain any traces of this patch (or > submodule aware logic for that matter). The mailing list archives are > not very convenient to browse and I can't figure out what the status > on this submodule-aware git-archive idea is. Has this idea been > completely rejected, or is it still work in progress? The idea is not rejected, this would be a worthwhile addition. It has been brought up again last May, but as far as I know it is stalled since then: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/172851 ``` ## André Caron, 2012-04-20 18:32 Subject: Fwd: git-archive and submodules Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALKBF2jzL5-mHaVi1erA%3DEiF_DALF1Rvwv7yB5CfdEdQa2ZhBg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4F911A2C.4070306@web.de> ``` Hi Robert, I've recently raised the same submodule issue with git-archive you and Lars have in the past. What's the status on your application of the git-archive submodule patch? Have you applied the changes suggested by Lens Lehmann[1]? Your Git fork on GitHub[2] seems to have only applied Lars' patch and an unrelated SVN glob fix... Since you've touched this only last year, I'd like to know where you were at and I can see if I can pick up where you left off (unless you want to finish yourself). Thanks, André [1]: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/172851 [2]: https://github.com/darconeous/git ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jens Lehmann Date: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:11 AM Subject: Re: git-archive and submodules To: André Caron Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Am 19.04.2012 22:10, schrieb André Caron: > Hi, > > I've recently needed to create a source code archive as part of a > custom build target.  This repository uses submodules and I need to > include the submodlule's source code in the archives too.  However, > git-archive does not have any option to do so. > > I've taken a quick look at the GMANE mailing list archives and it > seems this provoked quite a discussion in 2009 and that Lars Hjemli > even wrote a patch (in several flavors) for archive.c to include > submodule-aware processing.  The lastest source code at > `git.kernel.org` does not contain any traces of this patch (or > submodule aware logic for that matter).  The mailing list archives are > not very convenient to browse and I can't figure out what the status > on this submodule-aware git-archive idea is.  Has this idea been > completely rejected, or is it still work in progress? The idea is not rejected, this would be a worthwhile addition. It has been brought up again last May, but as far as I know it is stalled since then: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/172851 ``` ## Robert Quattlebaum, 2012-04-22 18:47 Subject: Re: git-archive and submodules Message-ID: <49D85565-3932-4B03-9568-E5CB75F39B9E@deepdarc.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/49D85565-3932-4B03-9568-E5CB75F39B9E%40deepdarc.com In-Reply-To: ``` I got too busy to continue working to get it included. Please feel free to pick up where I left off. Sent from my iPad On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:32 PM, André Caron wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I've recently raised the same submodule issue with git-archive you and > Lars have in the past. > > What's the status on your application of the git-archive submodule > patch? Have you applied the changes suggested by Lens Lehmann[1]? > Your Git fork on GitHub[2] seems to have only applied Lars' patch and > an unrelated SVN glob fix... > > Since you've touched this only last year, I'd like to know where you > were at and I can see if I can pick up where you left off (unless you > want to finish yourself). > > Thanks, > André > > [1]: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/172851 > [2]: https://github.com/darconeous/git > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jens Lehmann > Date: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:11 AM > Subject: Re: git-archive and submodules > To: André Caron > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > > > Am 19.04.2012 22:10, schrieb André Caron: >> Hi, >> >> I've recently needed to create a source code archive as part of a >> custom build target. This repository uses submodules and I need to >> include the submodlule's source code in the archives too. However, >> git-archive does not have any option to do so. >> >> I've taken a quick look at the GMANE mailing list archives and it >> seems this provoked quite a discussion in 2009 and that Lars Hjemli >> even wrote a patch (in several flavors) for archive.c to include >> submodule-aware processing. The lastest source code at >> `git.kernel.org` does not contain any traces of this patch (or >> submodule aware logic for that matter). The mailing list archives are >> not very convenient to browse and I can't figure out what the status >> on this submodule-aware git-archive idea is. Has this idea been >> completely rejected, or is it still work in progress? > > The idea is not rejected, this would be a worthwhile addition. It has > been brought up again last May, but as far as I know it is stalled > since then: > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/172851 > ``` ## Damien Regad, 2013-10-10 14:09 Subject: Re: git-archive and submodules Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20131010T160446-236%40post.gmane.org In-Reply-To: <49D85565-3932-4B03-9568-E5CB75F39B9E@deepdarc.com> ``` Robert Quattlebaum deepdarc.com> writes: > I got too busy to continue working to get it included. Please feel free to pick up where I left off. > > On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:32 PM, André Caron gmail.com> wrote: > > Since you've touched this only last year, I'd like to know where you > > were at and I can see if I can pick up where you left off (unless you > > want to finish yourself). Greetings I was just wondering whether there been any progress on this topic since last year... André ? Cheers Damien ``` ## Amit Bakshi, 2013-10-10 19:22 Subject: Re: git-archive and submodules Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAFGOX%3DWL8GEpZc1b0Rcqt_tMyOzL-nB20Jj%3D7PArOh82T34JoA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` I wrote a simple bash script that does git-archive recursively with submodules. It first does a full mirror clone of the repo and submodules, so that subsequent calls are faster. https://github.com/ambakshi/git-archiver Amit On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Damien Regad wrote: > Robert Quattlebaum deepdarc.com> writes: >> I got too busy to continue working to get it included. Please feel free to > pick up where I left off. >> >> On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:32 PM, André Caron gmail.com> wrote: >> > Since you've touched this only last year, I'd like to know where you >> > were at and I can see if I can pick up where you left off (unless you >> > want to finish yourself). > > Greetings > > I was just wondering whether there been any progress on this topic since > last year... André ? > > Cheers > Damien > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ```