[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/4 v3] support/download/git: add support for submodules
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Sat Jul 2 17:09:51 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
> Some git repositories may be split into a master repository and
> submodules. Up until now, we did not have support for submodules,
> because we were using bare clones, in which it is not possible to
> update the list of submodules.
> Now that we are using plain clones with a working copy, we can retrieve
> the submdoules.
> Add an option to the git downlaod helper to kick the update of
> submodules, so that they are only fetched for those packages that
> require them. Also document the existing -q option at the same time.
> Submodules have a .git file at their root, which contains the path to
> the real .git directory of the master repository. Since we remove it,
> there is no point in keeping those .git files either.
> Note: this is currently unused, but will be enabled with the follow-up
> patch , that adds the necessary parts in the pkg-generic and pkg-download
> infrastructures.
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Tested-by: Matt Weber <matt at thewebers.ws>
> Reviewed-by: Matt Weber <matt at thewebers.ws>
Committed, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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