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issues with git submodules and `bootstrap'
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
issues with git submodules and `bootstrap' |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:20:59 +0100 (CET) |
[gnulib 530dd174]
The `git submodule' is a very nice feature, however, there are two
issues.
. First of all, there is some user-unfriendliness: Without
installing a gnulib submodule for project `foo', just invoking the
`bootstrap' script in the `foo' directory' without any arguments
gives
./bootstrap: line 610: gnulib/gnulib-tool: No such file or directory
This looks like a bug in the script, which it isn't actually.
Maybe `bootstrap' can be improved to emit a suggestion how to
proceed.
. Writing
git submodule add -- git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib.git .gnulib
for a project `foo' adds 55MByte. If I have another project with
the same setup, I need 55MByte again. Not optimal, obviously.
How can I save space, for example, by referencing a separately
checked out `gnulib' repository as a submodule instead of cloning
it? Of course, the default method of `bootstrap' should be not
changed.
Werner
- import question, Werner LEMBERG, 2012/01/08
- Re: import question, Jim Meyering, 2012/01/08
- Re: import question, Bruno Haible, 2012/01/08
- issues with git submodules and `bootstrap',
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: issues with git submodules and `bootstrap', Werner LEMBERG, 2012/01/10
- Re: issues with git submodules and `bootstrap', Eric Blake, 2012/01/10
- Re: issues with git submodules and `bootstrap', Werner LEMBERG, 2012/01/11
- Re: issues with git submodules and `bootstrap', Gary V. Vaughan, 2012/01/11
- Re: issues with git submodules and `bootstrap', Werner LEMBERG, 2012/01/11
- Re: issues with git submodules and `bootstrap', Gary V. Vaughan, 2012/01/11