Re: Best way to get submodules into extracted source?

2020-05-22 Thread Zhenfu Shi via macports-dev
Thank you. this indeed works for transmission-x11 but not for transmission, because the release tarball only has some of the submodules. Maybe I’ll ask the dev to see if he can provide a complete one. > On May 22, 2020, at 15:42, Joshua Root wrote: > > On 2020-5-23 05:16 , Zhenfu Shi via

Re: Best way to get submodules into extracted source?

2020-05-22 Thread Joshua Root
On 2020-5-23 05:16 , Zhenfu Shi via macports-dev wrote: > Hey guys, > I’m trying updating transmission(-x11) to just-released version 3.0, but it > uses a lot of 3rd party submodules. I found the macports guide reads "the > best distfile candidate (if available) is a distfile from GitHub

Re: Best way to get submodules into extracted source?

2020-05-22 Thread Christopher Jones
Hi, No, there is I believe no way. If the project has sub modules that need to be initialised, I think the only real way out is to use a direct git fetch. i.e. follow https://guide.macports.org/#reference.portgroup.github.submodule

Best way to get submodules into extracted source?

2020-05-22 Thread Zhenfu Shi via macports-dev
Hey guys, I’m trying updating transmission(-x11) to just-released version 3.0, but it uses a lot of 3rd party submodules. I found the macports guide reads "the best distfile candidate (if available) is a distfile from GitHub releases”, so I’d like to know what’s the best way to put submodules