On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 8:19 PM, David Van Beveren <dvanbeve...@nvidia.com>
wrote:

> I am interested in extending fossology to load a large source file tree
> via the ‘repo’ command. Here is a blurb on repo from source.android.com:
> (there Is no Linux manpage):
>
>
>
> *Repo* is a repository management tool that we built on top of Git. Repo
> unifies the many Git repositories when necessary, does the uploads to
> Android’s  revision control system
> <https://android-review.googlesource.com/>, and automates parts of the
> Android development workflow. Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to
> make it easier to work with Git in the context of Android. The repo command
> is an executable Python script that you can put anywhere in your path. In
> working with the Android source files, you can use Repo for across-network
> operations. For example, with a single Repo command you can download files
> from multiple repositories into your local working directory.
>
>
>
> I am presuming nobody has done this yet. I’m also presuming that this is
> not general enough for upstreaming, since repo is mainly an android
> workflow thing. (though my team does not use it on just  android projects).
>

​Repo works with any git repository, we use it with non-Android embedded
development, its a very useful tool. It replaces the need for using git
submodules I find.​

>
>
> If anyone has experience adding a new uploading mechanism, or wants to
> give me a good starting point, I am all ears.
>

​Isn't repo effective as a tool that uses SHA sums to assemble a local
repo? I would think this might be a useful addition to Fossology, depending
on how you're planning on using it of course.

Cheers,

Jeremiah​
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