multigit 0.1.1

Manages git repos within git repos.

# Python Multigit

A Python version of the [multigit Bash script](https://github.com/jmnavarrol/simplest-git-subrepos).

While the multigit Bash script at [simplest-git-subrepos](https://github.com/jmnavarrol/simplest-git-subrepos) was created for illustration purposes, this one is intended to be a full-fledged implementation.

The general idea is to offer a simple way of managing “workspaces” integrating multiple git repos starting from a top one, and without the need of difficult “arcanes” like git submodules, git-subtree, etc.: you only need to declare your intended layout in a YAML file, and let this script do its job. See the [simplest-git-subrepos README](https://github.com/jmnavarrol/simplest-git-subrepos) for a long-wired explanation.

## usage multigit expects a YAML file named subrepos on the root directory of the current repo (see [example](./subrepos)).

For each defined subrepo, it will clone/checkout it to the defined relative path. Optionally, it will checkout the given gitref, provided the repo’s local sandbox is “clean” (i.e. no pending modifications).

NOTE: pay attention to the fact that if the gitref you record is a specific commit, the related sandbox will be in disconnected state.

multigit will also recursively look for new subrepos files on the repositories it manages.

You should make sure your [.gitignore file](./.gitignore) ignores all your subrepos.

This way you just need to manage your repos with git in the standard way, just as if they were individually checked out in isolation.

## development For development purposes, you should create a Python 3 virtualenv using [the companion requirements file](./requirements.txt), i.e. (I’m using [virtualenvwrapper](https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io) here): mkvirtualenv –python=$(which python3) -r requirements.txt python-multigit.

Then, you can run this code by means of [the helper cmd script](./python-multigit-cmd.py), i.e.: ./python-multigit-cmd.py.

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### License Python Multigit is made available under the terms of the GPLv3.

See the [license file](./LICENSE) that accompanies this distribution for the full text of the license.