BinaryBuilderBase.GitSource how to recurse submodules?

PaulVirally · February 2, 2024, 3:08pm

In my build_tarballs.jl, I have a GitSource that has submodules. Looking at the source code for BinaryBuilderBase.GitSource’s setup, there doesn’t seem to be a way currently to for the clone to pass --recurse-submodules. Is this functionality available in BinaryBuilderBase, or should I change my original repo to not use submodules?

giordano · February 2, 2024, 3:10pm

Run the git submodule command manually in the build script:

github.com

JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/blob/8bd138b9e3c8122105a865bf94926834dc6b37a9/J/jq/build_tarballs.jl#L16


      
          version = v"1.6.0"
          
          # Collection of sources required to complete build
          sources = [
              GitSource("https://github.com/stedolan/jq.git", "2e01ff1fb69609540b2bdc4e62a60499f2b2fb8e")
          ]
          
          # Bash recipe for building across all platforms
          script = raw"""
          cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir/jq
          git submodule update --init
          autoreconf -fi
          ./configure --prefix=${prefix} --build=${MACHTYPE} --host=${target} --with-oniguruma=builtin --disable-maintainer-mode
          make -j 4
          make install
          """
          
          # These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
          # platforms are passed in on the command line
          platforms = supported_platforms(; experimental=true)

We are limited by what the LibGit2 standard library can do, which doesn’t include submodule management.