Re: [boost] [git] Near future.. How do we deal with git-native libraries?

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Near future.. How do we deal with git-native libraries?
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-05 04:37:32

On 5 December 2013 08:23, JOAQUIN M. LOPEZ MUÑOZ <joaquin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> I understand this is
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> https://github.com/boostorg/boost/commit/66b6e0b0dcff397010815624ce02c1d1c96da2bd
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> Excuse my ignorance but: does this mean syncing between the master project and
> submodules need be done manually? I was assuming that somehow updates to a
> submodule automatically propagate to checkouts of the master project.

Currently it needs to be done manually. Eventually it should be
scripted, hopefully from a git hook so that it's pretty fast. There's
some dispute about how the changes should be propagated to the main
module.