Per-component repositories

[Jonathan Gibbons]

David,

I routinely check out just the langtools repository for working on the  
compiler.  Since the build is set up to import "missing" bits, I would  
expect that most folk would just check out the repository they're  
actually working on.

-- Jon

On Mar 5, 2008, at 8:49 AM, David Herron wrote:

> Hi Kelly, thank you, and I also found the same thing described on the
> internal page you set up.
>
> I'm thinking right now my original question probably doesn't have a
> strong use-case-justification.  Is there any reason to check out just
> one of the repositories?  (just one tree rather than the whole forest)
>
> However there is the issue of the individual team repositories.  Is
> there a way to discover the full set of repositories we're hosting on
> openjdk.java.net??  And also the parent/child relationships between
> those repositories?
>
> (This might be OT for discussion in the guide)
>
> - David
>
>
>
> Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>>
>> These are forests, use fclone rather than clone, and the first time
>> you need to make sure the destination does not exist, e.g.
>>
>> rm -f -r my2d
>> hg fclone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/2d my2d
>>
>> -kto
>>
>> David Herron wrote:
>>> The discussion about per-component repositories [1] doesn't seem to
>>> match reality.
>>>
>>> If one wanted to check out just one component-area workspace it's  
>>> not
>>> clear how to proceed from the guidebook description.
>>> It says the URL pattern is:  <release>/<project>{-gate}?/<component>
>>>
>>> <release> obviously is 'jdk7' ... but then precisely what value is
>>> used for '<project>' and '<component>'
>>>
>>> The page lists project names such as '2d' so perhaps one of these
>>> would work
>>>
>>>    hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/2d
>>>    hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/2d
>>>
>>> But those result in a directory containing just the license & README
>>> & make files, and no source.
>>>
>>> On the other hand this following results in just the CORBA  
>>> repository
>>> being checked out
>>>
>>>    hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/corba
>>>
>>> - David Herron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/guide/repositories.html#term
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