Re: searching Octave-Forge code

[John W. Eaton]

On 01/15/2016 03:21 PM, Oliver Heimlich wrote:
> On 15.01.2016 20:16, Rik wrote:
> > 1/15/16
> >
> > I want to check whether some of the core gripe_XXX functions are used in
> > Octave-Forge packages.  Is there an easy way to grep through the source
> > code?  Or do I have to download and install each package individually?
> >
> > --Rik
>
> A quick try with google
>         gripe site:http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/
> did not find matches in the code.
>
> I suggest to clone all mercurial repositories, the few git repositories,
> and the svn repository to do a local grep for better accuracy.

Is there a way we could create a package that contains all these other 
packages, just for convenience?  It would be nice if I could say "check 
out all of Octave Forge" in a single command and also be sure that I 
have everything.

jwe