#Crazy old git definition software
#Crazy old git definition windows

But they are a struggle, and lots of people use monorepos instead (which have their own problems.).Īnything can be made to work. Git submodules aren't 'bad' and honestly they're an essential feature of git. The team I was working on kept having issues with using the wrong submodule commit, not having the same commit / push requirements on submodules, etc.Īll of these can be fixed by tools and smart techniques like putting `git submodule update` in the makefile. Fixing merge conflicts and using git in one repo is already hard enough.

Basically every operation I do on the git main I need to also do on the submodule if I modified files in bothĤ. I have to go into the submodule, and either commit / push that as well or revert it.

Git diff returns something even after I commit, because the submodule has a change. I'm pretty sure `git submodule update` doesn't always work with this but maybe only when 3)ģ. Git submodules being out-of-sync because I forgot to pull them specifically. You need `git submodule update` or `git clone -recursive`, I thinkĢ.

#Crazy old git definition software

As in the example above, a software definition fileĬan define multiple versions for the same piece of software.Git submodules are fine and can be really useful, but they are really hard. The next line is indented two spaces and contains

#Crazy old git definition windows

The Windows package definitions are downloadedįirefox : '17.0.1' : installer : 'salt://win/repo/firefox/English/Firefox Setup 17.0.1.exe' full_name : Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1 (x86 en-US) locale : en_US reboot : False install_flags : '-ms' uninstaller : '%ProgramFiles(x86)%/Mozilla Firefox/uninstall/helper.exe' uninstall_flags : '/S' '16.0.2' : installer : 'salt://win/repo/firefox/English/Firefox Setup 16.0.2.exe' full_name : Mozilla Firefox 16.0.2 (x86 en-US) locale : en_US reboot : False install_flags : '-ms' uninstaller : '%ProgramFiles(x86)%/Mozilla Firefox/uninstall/helper.exe' uninstall_flags : '/S' '15.0.1' : installer : 'salt://win/repo/firefox/English/Firefox Setup 15.0.1.exe' full_name : Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1 (x86 en-US) locale : en_US reboot : False install_flags : '-ms' uninstaller : '%ProgramFiles(x86)%/Mozilla Firefox/uninstall/helper.exe' uninstall_flags : '/S'Įach software definition file begins with a package name for the software. GitPython 0.3 or later, or pygit2 0.20.3 with libgit 0.20.0 or later installed Packages can be downloaded from within the salt repository, a git The repository metadata (SLS files) is hosted through either salt or High level differences to yum and apt are: The pkg.install and similar module functions work on Windows. The pkg.installed and similar states work on Windows. The other package managers salt is aware of: In many senses, the operation is similar to that of This repositoryĮnables the installation of software using the installers on remote Windows Repository similar to what is provided by yum and apt on Linux. The SaltStack Windows Software Repository provides a package manager and software To support this new functionality,Ī next-generation (ng) package repository was created. The Salt Minion, which enables pillar, grains and other things to beĪvailable during compilation time. In 2015.8.0 and later, the Windows Software Repository cache is compiled on