Re: RFC: Subprojects

A Large Angry SCM [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

If I could have just done a "git clone <top-level>" to get it all,
I'd have been a much more productive user.

$ make get_sub_components

This can work with most any SCM (depending on your environment), is
amazingly flexible, and does not require special support in the SCM.

I am with you two on this one, in principle, as a developer.

The "get" rule for each sub-project could be something like:

	git_sub-project:
		mkdir sub-project
		cd sub-project
		git-init-db
		git-fetch <fetch-options> <repository> <refspec>
		git-checkout <branch>
		$(MAKE) get_sub_components

There lies a drake here --- <repository> is not the same for
everybody.  It is not a big showstopper dragon, though.