[Scons-users] git use

[Philipp Kraus]

On 2012-08-10 18:37:48 +0200, LRN said:


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> On 10.08.2012 18:47, Gary Oberbrunner wrote:

>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Kraus Philipp

>> <philipp.kraus at flashpixx.de> wrote:

>>> Hello,

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>>> does Scons handle git repositories? I would clone (git clone)

>>> directly in Scons

>> 

>> No, SCons doesn't have any direct support for cloning from git as

>> part of a build.  You can approximate it two ways: 1. SConstructs

>> are just python; you can use os.system('git clone ...')

> Obviously, you clone once, and fetch&rebase (or pull) + submodule

> update afterwards. Cloning a repo every time is bad for everyone.


No git clone is called only once (I use it for downloading / installing 
libraries and this
must be on installing the project)

Phil