git-multirepo 1.0.0.beta5 → 1.0.0.beta6

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  1. checksums.yaml +4 -4
  2. data/.gitignore +38 -38
  3. data/.rspec +2 -2
  4. data/Gemfile +4 -4
  5. data/Gemfile.lock +37 -37
  6. data/LICENSE +22 -22
  7. data/README.md +135 -133
  8. data/Rakefile +2 -2
  9. data/bin/multi +5 -5
  10. data/git-multirepo.gemspec +29 -29
  11. data/lib/commands.rb +10 -10
  12. data/lib/info.rb +4 -4
  13. data/lib/multirepo/commands/add.rb +40 -40
  14. data/lib/multirepo/commands/checkout.rb +63 -63
  15. data/lib/multirepo/commands/command.rb +40 -40
  16. data/lib/multirepo/commands/edit.rb +21 -21
  17. data/lib/multirepo/commands/fetch.rb +23 -23
  18. data/lib/multirepo/commands/init.rb +53 -53
  19. data/lib/multirepo/commands/install.rb +64 -64
  20. data/lib/multirepo/commands/open.rb +25 -25
  21. data/lib/multirepo/commands/remove.rb +41 -41
  22. data/lib/multirepo/commands/uninit.rb +20 -20
  23. data/lib/multirepo/commands/update.rb +23 -23
  24. data/lib/multirepo/config.rb +12 -12
  25. data/lib/multirepo/files/config-entry.rb +37 -37
  26. data/lib/multirepo/files/config-file.rb +37 -37
  27. data/lib/multirepo/files/lock-entry.rb +25 -25
  28. data/lib/multirepo/files/lock-file.rb +34 -34
  29. data/lib/multirepo/git/branch.rb +16 -16
  30. data/lib/multirepo/git/change.rb +10 -10
  31. data/lib/multirepo/git/git.rb +38 -38
  32. data/lib/multirepo/git/remote.rb +15 -15
  33. data/lib/multirepo/git/repo.rb +66 -66
  34. data/lib/multirepo/hooks/pre-commit-hook.rb +24 -24
  35. data/lib/multirepo/multirepo-exception.rb +5 -5
  36. data/lib/multirepo/utility/console.rb +51 -51
  37. data/lib/multirepo/utility/runner.rb +20 -20
  38. data/lib/multirepo/utility/utils.rb +36 -36
  39. data/resources/pre-commit +5 -5
  40. data/spec/integration/{init-spec.rb → init_spec.rb} +22 -22
  41. data/spec/spec_helper.rb +89 -89
  42. metadata +6 -6
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+ /coverage/
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+ /tmp/
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+ ## Specific to RubyMotion:
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+ .dat*
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+ .repl_history
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+ build/
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+ ## Documentation cache and generated files:
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+ /.yardoc/
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+ /_yardoc/
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+ /doc/
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+ /rdoc/
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+ ## Environment normalisation:
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+ /.bundle/
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+ /lib/bundler/man/
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+
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+ # for a library or gem, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
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+ # intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
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+ # Gemfile.lock
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+ # .ruby-version
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+ # .ruby-gemset
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+ # unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
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+ .rvmrc
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+ # Project-specific
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+ /.multirepo
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+ /.multirepo.lock
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- source 'https://rubygems.org'
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- PATH
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- specs:
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- git-multirepo (0.0.1)
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- rake (10.4.2)
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- PLATFORMS
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- ruby
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- DEPENDENCIES
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- bundler (~> 1.7)
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- git-multirepo!
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- rake (~> 10.0)
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- rspec (~> 3.1.0)
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+ specs:
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+ git-multirepo (0.0.1)
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+ claide (~> 0.8, >= 0.8.0)
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+ colored (~> 1.2)
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+ os (~> 0.9.6)
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+ remote: https://rubygems.org/
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+ colored (1.2)
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+ diff-lcs (1.2.5)
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+ os (0.9.6)
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+ rake (10.4.2)
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+ rspec (3.1.0)
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+ rspec-expectations (~> 3.1.0)
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+ rspec-mocks (~> 3.1.0)
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+ diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
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- The MIT License (MIT)
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- Copyright (c) 2015 Michaël Fortin
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- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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- of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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- in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+ Copyright (c) 2015 Michaël Fortin
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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- ![git-multirepo](images/logo.png)
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- # git-multirepo
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-
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- Track multiple Git repositories side-by-side.
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- An alternative approach to manage constantly evolving dependencies.
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-
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- Check out [the project's to-do list](https://www.pivotaltracker.com/n/projects/1256156) to get an idea of upcoming enhancements.
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-
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- ## Motivation
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-
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- By now the
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- [pitfalls](http://somethingsinistral.net/blog/git-submodules-are-probably-not-the-answer/)
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- of git submodules are
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- [pretty](https://codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/why-your-company-shouldnt-use-git-submodules/)
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- [well](http://slopjong.de/2013/06/04/git-why-submodules-are-evil/)
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- [known](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12075809/git-submodules-workflow-issues).
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- They work when your dependencies are linearly-evolving third-party libraries that you seldom update but they fall apart when it comes to managing your own, constantly evolving dependencies.
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- Git subtrees are the recommended alternative but have pitfalls of their own:
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- - They require verbose and error-prone command-line operations. This can become quite tedious when managing more than one or two dependencies.
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- - They change the rules of the game when it comes to merges.
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- - Each developer has to configure the appropriate remotes and subtrees on his machine if he or she wants to contribute back.
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- - Developers must not forget to push changes to dependencies back to the appropriate remotes.
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- - Few git GUIs have any kind of subtree integration, so you're stuck with the command-line.
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- Etc.
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-
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- ## Overview
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- Using git-multirepo, you can manage your main project and its dependencies as completely independent repositories while still maintaining the ability to checkout a previous revision in a single step and have the project build properly.
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- A git-multirepo setup looks like this:
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- ```
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- MyAwesomeProject
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- |-- AwesomeApp
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- |-- Dependency1
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- |-- Dependency2
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- ```
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- In essence:
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- 1. You tell git-multirepo what your dependencies are.
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- 2. Each time you commit the main repo, git-multirepo tracks what revision of each dependency is required by the project (don't worry, it ensures that you don't forget to commit changes to dependencies beforehand; more on that later).
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- 3. If you ever want to go back to a previous version of your project, git-multirepo handles checking out the main repo and appropriate revisions of all of its dependencies in a single, seamless operation.
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- 4. Setting up the project on a new machine is only a single `git clone` and `multi install` away.
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- ## Example
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- Say you want to track an existing project with git-multirepo:
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- ```
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- |-- AwesomeApp
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- |-- Dependency1
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- ```
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- 2. `cd` into the *AwesomeApp* directory (aka the "main repo").
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- 3. Run `multi init`.
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- 4. You will get prompted to add *Dependency1* and *Dependency2* to multirepo; do so.
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- 5. git-multirepo reads all required information from dependency repos and initializes itself, storing its metadata files in the main repo, under version control.
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- From now on, each time you commit the main repo git-multirepo tracks &mdash; using a pre-commit hook &mdash; which revision of each dependency is required for that main repo revision, and where to get them. The pre-commit hook also ensures that you won't commit the main repo before its dependencies so that you always get a valid state stored under version control.
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- If you want to add another dependency later on, you can run `multi add ../NewDependency` and you can do the opposite with `multi remove ../SomeOtherDependency`.
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- If you want to checkout a previous revision (say `e690d`), you use the checkout command: `multi checkout e690d`. This will checkout the main repo's `e690d` revision and all of its dependencies with the proper revisions in detached HEAD state.
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- If you want to setup your project on another machine, simply clone the main repo in a container directory (see above) and run `multi install`. This will clone each dependency and checkout the appropriate branches.
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- ## Advantages
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- - Much more approachable to novice developers than submodules or subtrees.
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- - Once setup, there is little need for git-multirepo commands, so you are free to use whatever tools you like to work with your git repos.
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- - Low possibility of human error (such as forgetting to contribute dependency changes back to the appropriate remotes, forgetting to commit dependencies before committing the main project, etc.)
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- - You're not stuck with git-multirepo. It stores its metadata as [YAML](http://www.yaml.org) in the main repo. You can clone and checkout appropriate revisions of your dependencies by hand without git-multirepo if you need to. The information is there, in human-readable form.
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- ## Limitations
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- ## Summary of Commands
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- | init | Initialize the current repository as a multirepo project. |
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- | add | Track an additional dependency with multirepo. |
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- | checkout | Checks out the specified commit or branch of the main repo and checks out matching versions of all dependencies. |
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- | edit | Opens the .multirepo file in the default text editor. |
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- | fetch | Performs a git fetch on all dependencies. |
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- | install | Clones and checks out dependencies as defined in the .multirepo file, and installs git-multirepo's local pre-commit hook. |
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- | open | Opens all dependencies in the current OS's file explorer. |
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- | remove | Removes the specified dependency from multirepo. |
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- | update | Force-updates the multirepo lock file. |
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- | uninit | Removes all traces of multirepo in the current multirepo repository. |
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+ ![git-multirepo](images/logo.png)
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+ # git-multirepo
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+ [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/git-multirepo.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/rb/git-multirepo)
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+ Track multiple Git repositories side-by-side.
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+ An alternative approach to manage constantly evolving dependencies.
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+ Check out [the project's to-do list](https://www.pivotaltracker.com/n/projects/1256156) to get an idea of upcoming enhancements.
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+ ## Motivation
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+ By now the
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+ [pitfalls](http://somethingsinistral.net/blog/git-submodules-are-probably-not-the-answer/)
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+ of git submodules are
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+ [pretty](https://codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/why-your-company-shouldnt-use-git-submodules/)
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+ [well](http://slopjong.de/2013/06/04/git-why-submodules-are-evil/)
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+ [known](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12075809/git-submodules-workflow-issues).
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+ They work when your dependencies are linearly-evolving third-party libraries that you seldom update but they fall apart when it comes to managing your own, constantly evolving dependencies.
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+
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+ Git subtrees are the recommended alternative but have pitfalls of their own:
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+
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+ - They require verbose and error-prone command-line operations. This can become quite tedious when managing more than one or two dependencies.
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+ - They change the rules of the game when it comes to merges.
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+ - Each developer has to configure the appropriate remotes and subtrees on his machine if he or she wants to contribute back.
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+ - Developers must not forget to push changes to dependencies back to the appropriate remotes.
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+ - Few git GUIs have any kind of subtree integration, so you're stuck with the command-line.
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+
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+ Etc.
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+
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+ ## Overview
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+ Using git-multirepo, you can manage your main project and its dependencies as completely independent repositories while still maintaining the ability to checkout a previous revision in a single step and have the project build properly.
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+
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+ A git-multirepo setup looks like this:
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+
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+ ```
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+ MyAwesomeProject
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+ |-- AwesomeApp
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+ |-- Dependency1
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+ |-- Dependency2
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+ ```
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+
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+ In essence:
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+
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+ 1. You tell git-multirepo what your dependencies are.
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+ 2. Each time you commit the main repo, git-multirepo tracks what revision of each dependency is required by the project (don't worry, it ensures that you don't forget to commit changes to dependencies beforehand; more on that later).
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+ 3. If you ever want to go back to a previous version of your project, git-multirepo handles checking out the main repo and appropriate revisions of all of its dependencies in a single, seamless operation.
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+ 4. Setting up the project on a new machine is only a single `git clone` and `multi install` away.
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+
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+ ## Example
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+
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+ Say you want to track an existing project with git-multirepo:
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+
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+ 1. Organize repos on disk in the following manner:
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+
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+ ```
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+ MyAwesomeProject
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+ |-- AwesomeApp
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+ |-- Dependency1
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+ |-- Dependency2
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+ ```
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+ 2. `cd` into the *AwesomeApp* directory (aka the "main repo").
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+ 3. Run `multi init`.
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+ 4. You will get prompted to add *Dependency1* and *Dependency2* to multirepo; do so.
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+ 5. git-multirepo reads all required information from dependency repos and initializes itself, storing its metadata files in the main repo, under version control.
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+ If you want to setup your project on another machine, simply clone the main repo in a container directory (see above) and run `multi install`. This will clone each dependency and checkout the appropriate branches.
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+ ## Advantages
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+ - Makes setting up the project on a new machine a breeze.
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+ - Each dependency's repository is totally independent from the main repository, which simplifies a lot of things (merges, contributing upstream, etc.) and works well with git GUIs.
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+ - While the repositories are independent, git-multirepo makes sure to track everything that's required to bring back a previous version of your project in a valid state.
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+ - Much more approachable to novice developers than submodules or subtrees.
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+ - Once setup, there is little need for git-multirepo commands, so you are free to use whatever tools you like to work with your git repos.
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+ - Low possibility of human error (such as forgetting to contribute dependency changes back to the appropriate remotes, forgetting to commit dependencies before committing the main project, etc.)
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+ - You're not stuck with git-multirepo. It stores its metadata as [YAML](http://www.yaml.org) in the main repo. You can clone and checkout appropriate revisions of your dependencies by hand without git-multirepo if you need to. The information is there, in human-readable form.
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+ | How It Handles... | git-multirepo | git submodules | git subtrees |
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+ | Working Copy | beside main repo | in main repo | in main repo |
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+ | Constantly Evolving Dependencies | easy | hard | passable |
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+ | Merging Changes to Dependencies | easy | hard | passable |
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+ ## Limitations
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+ ## Summary of Commands
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+ | init | Initialize the current repository as a multirepo project. |
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+ | add | Track an additional dependency with multirepo. |
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+ | checkout | Checks out the specified commit or branch of the main repo and checks out matching versions of all dependencies. |
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+ | edit | Opens the .multirepo file in the default text editor. |
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+ | fetch | Performs a git fetch on all dependencies. |
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+ | install | Clones and checks out dependencies as defined in the .multirepo file, and installs git-multirepo's local pre-commit hook. |
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+ | open | Opens all dependencies in the current OS's file explorer. |
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+ | remove | Removes the specified dependency from multirepo. |
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+ | update | Force-updates the multirepo lock file. |
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+ | .multirepo | YAML | A collection of your project's dependencies. For each dependency, stores its **local path** relative to the main repo, the **remote URL** and the **branch** your project depends upon.
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+ | .multirepo.lock | YAML | For each dependency, stores the **commit hash** and **branch** on which the dependency was when the main repo was committed. The dependency's **name** is also included but only serves as a reference to make inspecting the lock file easier. |
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  The information contained in .multirepo and .multirepo.lock allow one-step cloning of a project and all its dependencies, and checking out any prior revision of the main project with appropriate revisions of all of its dependencies, respectively.