Bug#911397: RFP: git-subrepo -- Git Submodule Alternative
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
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* Package name : git-subrepo
Version : 0.3.1
Upstream Author : Ingy dot Net <ingy@ingy.net>
* URL : https://github.com/ingydotnet/git-subrepo
* License : MIT
Programming Lang: shell
Description : Git Submodule Alternative
This git command "clones" an external git repo into a subdirectory of your
repo. Later on, upstream changes can be pulled in, and local changes can be
pushed back.
This command is an improvement from git-submodule and git-subtree; two
other git commands with similar goals, but various problems.
It assumes there are 3 main roles of people interacting with a repo, and
attempts to serve them all well:
- - owner - The person who authors/owns/maintains a repo.
- - users - People who are just using/installing the repo.
- - collaborators - People who commit code to the repo and subrepos.
The git-subrepo command benefits these roles in the following ways:
* Simple and intuitive commandline usage (with tab completion).
* Users get your repo and all your subrepos just by cloning your repo
* Users do not need to install git-subrepo, ever.
* Collaborators do not need to install unless they want to push/pull.
* Collaborators know when a subdir is a subrepo (it has a .gitrepo file)
* The .gitrepo file never gets pushed back to the subrepo upstream
* Well named branches and remotes are generated for manual operations
* Owners do not deal with the complications of keeping submodules in
sync.
* Subrepo repositories can contain subrepos themselves.
* Branching with subrepos JustWorks.
* Different branches can have different subrepos in different states,
etc.
* Moving/renaming/deleting a subrepo subdir JustWorks.
* You can init an existing subdirectory into a subrepo.
* Your git history is kept squeaky clean.
* Upstream history (clone/pull) is condensed into a single commit.
* Pulls can use a merge, rebase or force strategies.
* You can see the subrepo history with git log subrepo/<subdir>/fetch.
* Commits pushed back upstream are not condensed (by default).
* Trivial to try any subrepo operations and then reset back.
* No configuration required.
* Does not introduce history that messes up other git commands.
* Fixes known rebase failures with git-subtree.
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