[Issue 11792] Investigate migrating to a meta repo

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https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11792


Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> 2014-01-04 19:26:47 EET ---
This sounds similar to my D.git experiment:

http://forum.dlang.org/post/sgkzpaqkfihoajpehauo@forum.dlang.org

The repository is automatically generated from the component repos' histories
and periodically updated (currently hourly).

> - Write a README.md on how to checkout and git init submodule everything

"git clone --recursive" will fetch all submodules as well, so there's no need
to use "git submodule init".

> 1) Starting from 1.8.2, git can track a branch, not only a commit.

That would preclude importing history, and would make it unusable for
regression testing.

> We should also take care not to accept a PR with a modif to .gitmodules
> unless it's a stable version update.

Why would anyone send a pull request to the meta repository, unless it's e.g.
to add/fix makefiles?

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