Re: searching Octave-Forge code

[Oliver Heimlich]

On 15.01.2016 21:37, John W. Eaton wrote:
> 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


Sounds like a good idea. This could be the way to do it:
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/Subrepository