I’m trying to write a package (my first, so apologies for ignorance) using Julia 1.0.1 that depends on the master version of an existing package Pages.jl, but am struggling to enforce this. My current method is, in REPL using Pkg Pkg.activate(".") Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="Pages", rev="master")) …

You can’t depend on branches. The Manifest.toml file in the package is not used at all (this is the most common misconception about how Pkg works). using Pages#master is not valid syntax. If you want to use a specific branch of one of the dependencies you need to explicitly add that branch, eithe…

[image] fredrikekre: The Manifest.toml file in the package is not used at all (this is the most common misconception about how Pkg works) did this change? cf [image] Does Manifest.toml belong in the repository? General Usage It might also be nice to have a manifest…

[image] Tamas_Papp: did this change? No.

I am confused, can you please help me understand why it was recommended to commit a Manifest.toml when it is not used at all?

[image] Tamas_Papp: I am confused, can you please help me understand why it was recommended to commit a Manifest.toml when it is not used at all? Stefan recommended it, I don’t :stuck_out_tongue: (at least not as long as it is used by Pkg.test).

You also recommended it , in another context (to be fair, along with Pkg.up()) :stuck_out_tongue: So is that it isn’t used automatically, but Pkg.up() and Pkg.resolve() will use it if available?

[image] Tamas_Papp: You also recommended it Bit of a stretch to call that a recommendation :slight_smile: [image] Tamas_Papp: So is that it isn’t used automatically , but Pkg.up() and Pkg.resolve() will use it if available? No, it will only ever be used if the Project.toml file of the…

It’s useful because it provides a record of a working state for the project by itself, which is generally good to have. That’s why it should be used for CI: so that you know that a particular configuration worked. When using it as a dependency, it may not be used in that same configuration, but it’s…

IS this still true – you can’t depend on a main / master branch? :confused:

Enforcing dependencies in my own package

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Tamas_Papp October 30, 2018, 1:33pm 3

did this change? cf

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Enforcing dependencies in my own package

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