[petsc-dev] git submodules

[Karl Rupp]

Hi Dave,

we have a similar configuration for including BuildSystem as an external 
repository inside the main petsc repository. At first we considered git 
submodules as well, but Jed then found git-subtree, cf.

http://log.pardus.de/2012/08/modular-git-with-git-subtree.html
https://raw.github.com/gitster/git/master/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt

If I'm not mistaken, this is also just what you want for your work 
environment.

Best regards,
Karli


On 03/12/2013 06:14 PM, Nystrom, William D wrote:
> I have a git project that I call petsc_dev that contains my scripts and infrastructure for
> building various flavors of petsc-dev i.e. with various packages including supported
> external packages.  Within my petsc_dev git repo, I'd like to keep a clone of the
> petsc git repo.  I'd like to be able to periodically update this petsc repo from the
> official petsc repo.  I'd also like to maintain personal branches in my clone of the
> petsc repo.  Finally, when I clone my top level project, petsc_dev, I'd like it to include
> the petsc clone.
>
> Is git submodules the way to go with this?  I'm reading Ch 15 of Loeliger's book which
> discusses combining projects within git.  He said that git submodules were not that
> great at the time he wrote the book in 2009.  But that was 3-4 years ago.  Are git
> submodules improved enough at this time to be the right way to go with what I want
> to do or should I use one of the hacks that Loeliger suggests in his book?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
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