[petsc-dev] git submodules

[Mark F. Adams]

Dave,

I would work from this book:

http://git-scm.com/book/en

it is well done and up to date.

It sounds like branching is what you will want to use.


On Mar 12, 2013, at 7:14 PM, "Nystrom, William D" <wdn at lanl.gov> 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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