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

[Niklas Larsson]

> 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/

Con:
- It doesn't work on Windows at all. Which is a showstopper by itself.
- It doesn't actually solve any of the problems with having tightly
coupled code in different repos. It's just a tool where you can snarf
a boatload of repos at once.
- Everything would have to be restructured into side-by-side gits.

2013/8/3, Nicolas Trangez <nicolas at incubaid.com>:
> 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
>> |  --
>> |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> |  Erik de Castro Lopo
>> |  http://www.mega-nerd.com/
>> |
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