Packaging a repository with git submodules

Packaging a repository with git submodules

[Adam]

Hi Guix!
I have a question.
If I want to write a package for a git repository which has submodules,
should I download these dependencies recursively (recursive? #t)? Or it
will be better to write a package definition for each dependency?

Re: Packaging a repository with git submodules

[Cayetano Santos]

Hi Adam,

You may refer to this exchange

  https://yhetil.org/guix-patches/87ttd3t4b0.fsf@kitej/

Seems that the preferred approach is to package dependencies, unless you
have a very good reason not to.

C.

Re: Packaging a repository with git submodules

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2024 at 03:34:48PM +0300, Adam wrote:
> If I want to write a package for a git repository which has submodules,
> should I download these dependencies recursively (recursive? #t)? Or it
> will be better to write a package definition for each dependency?

Both approaches are good. It's a matter of taste and the particulars of
your package.

Some programs have a build system that makes it really hard to use
externally provided dependencies rather than the Git submodules. And
it's easier to use recursive Git as a packager.

On the other hand, if you use recursive Git, you lose the full power of
Guix to inspect and manipulate your package's dependency graph.