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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:

>> 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.