[MacPorts] #50708: Base should support fetching git submodules (git submodule update)

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#50708: Base should support fetching git submodules (git submodule update)
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  Reporter:  mojca@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  base     |    Version:  2.3.4
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
      Port:           |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 Do you man the following free text in `github-1.0.tcl`?
 {{{
 # Some projects' tag- or commit-based distfiles will not contain all the
 # necessary files, if the project uses git submodules. If available, use a
 # distfile from "releases" or "downloads" instead, as described above. If
 the
 # project does not provide those, encourage the project's developers to
 provide
 # releases. Until they do, fetch from git instead of from a distfile, and
 add a
 # post-fetch block to fetch the submodules:
 #
 #   fetch.type          git
 #
 #   post-fetch {
 #       system -W ${worksrcpath} "git submodule update --init"
 #   }
 }}}
 I would need to study this a bit more. After reading the first answer from
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1777854/git-submodules-specify-a
 -branch-tag I'm even more confused about whether or not the commit is
 fixed or not and whether that depends on the version of git being used by
 developers.

 (And perhaps also double-check the situation in SVN.)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50708#comment:5>
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