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Re: bootstrap/autogen.sh and git submodules
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: bootstrap/autogen.sh and git submodules |
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Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:54:36 +0200 |
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Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Additionally to updating gnulib, often some projects need to sync additional
> files from the freshly updated gnulib subdirectory, like e.g. bootstrap or
> COPYING.
> ...
> WDYT?
Copying files is one thing; that can be done wherever in your build system
(autogen.sh, bootstrap, Makefiles), without causing headaches.
Doing a 'git pull origin master' from within a Makefile is more hairy. It's OK
when none of your co-developer contributes back to gnulib. But when you start
to want to make modifications to gnulib and test them using your package, such
a mix between version-control stuff and build-related stuff causes major
headaches.
I know it's tempting: I have such an 'update-gnulib' rule in a Makefile in
GNU clisp myself, because it's handy...
Bruno