Multiple repositories, submodules, subtrees and whatnot (Was: Re: libffi)

[Nicolas Trangez]

Given the recent debate about using submodules or subtrees, and the
occasional issues with sync-all: did anyone ever look into using the
'repo' tool? Created by Google for Android development (AFAIK), but also
used by several other projects. See https://code.google.com/p/git-repo/

Nicolas

On Sat, 2013-08-03 at 15:41 +0000, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> |  I think you need to do a 'git pull' first to get the latest version of the
> |  sync-all script and when you run that you should get a libffi-tarballs
> 
> I'd done that (repeatedly).  BUT, as has often happened before, I'd forgotten that my tree was on a different branch, and pulling of course has no effect on the branch.   Rats.   Note to self: whenever anything odd happens, check you are on 'master'.
> 
> Sorry for the noise
> 
> Simon
> 
> |  -----Original Message-----
> |  From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Erik de
> |  Castro Lopo
> |  Sent: 03 August 2013 08:25
> |  To: ghc-devs at haskell.org
> |  Subject: Re: libffi
> |  
> |  Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> |  
> |  > But ./sync-all get doesn't get a libffi repo.  Nor is it listed in ./packages.
> |  >
> |  > Does anyone have any idea where this new libffi repo is, and why it isn't listed?
> |  
> |  Simon,
> |  
> |  I think you need to do a 'git pull' first to get the latest version of the
> |  sync-all script and when you run that you should get a libffi-tarballs
> |  directory.
> |  
> |  Cheers,
> |  Erik
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