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Despite all the comments saying to avoid submodules i can only recommend them. I'm using them in several of my game servers as a "meta-repo" that points to oth
by BuckarooBanzay 6y ago
Despite all the comments saying to avoid submodules i can only recommend them.
I'm using them in several of my game servers as a "meta-repo" that points to other git repositories (for example here: https://github.com/pandorabox-io/pandorabox-mods https://github.com/pandorabox-io/pandorabox-mods)
It makes updating, finding/fixing bugs and testing much easier (we are using github's dependabot to update and kick off initial tests)
- pornel 6y agoWhat they achieve is very useful. How they do it is terrible. I use them too, but their "user interface" is half-assed and full of traps. I have to have a bunch of extra scripts to check and fix them, and a ton of warnings in the README for poor souls who haven't experienced the pain yet.
- nerdponx 6y ago"user interface" is half-assed and full of traps Welcome to Git. And least it's a lot better than it used to be.
- JamesSwift 6y agoYes, I think as a way of vendoring external dependencies they are ok. That's about the only use case that makes sense to me. The friction they cause isn't worth it otherwise.