Re: [PATCH] RFC - combo layer repo tool

[Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@intel.com>]

On Monday 13 June 2011 16:33:47 Otavio Salvador wrote:
> I think it is duplicating many features of git submodule. It seems
> more logical to put a script above git submodule rather then use a
> full repository for it.

You're right in that git submodule provides a lot of these things. However, 
submodules don't give us the ability to split out and maintain just certain 
subdirectories / files; this allows us to bring in parts of external layers 
where the parts of that layer we want are not split out neatly into a 
subdirectory.

In the case of the Poky repository (where there the need for this tool 
originated) as a user rather than a maintainer, having a single repository to 
check out from with no other special steps makes things much easier and 
cleaner. Frankly I'm not terribly impressed with how submodules have been 
implemented in git - they are not at all easy to use.

Cheers,
Paul
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