@@ -36,26 +36,28 @@ * lacks the ability to import a dep at a stable version (master branch only) * deploying with a known-stable version of a dependency is manual, but not a non-issue: manually change to desired branch, freeze, deploy +## Fran&ccedil;ois Beausoleil's piston ## + * made maintaining forked subversion deps a cinch before git took over... at the cost of speed + * scm-agnostic rewrite **still** in the works... been a while (project initially debuted in 2006) + * still very rough around the edges: status call blows up + * minor gripe: some command names remain stuck in the past. e.g., {un,}locking vs. {un,}freezing + * most of documentation is still geared for the 1.4.x (svn) generation: fail + ## Cristi Balan's braid ## + * feature set similar to piston, but works exclusively with git * direct competition to Fran&ccedil;ois Beausoleil's piston (remember that one?) - * supports both git and svn + * can manage both git- and svn-based dependencies * allows for complete control (add, update, delete) of dependencies, with more features planned for 0.6 * appears to be a wrapper for git's subtree merge strategy: yes - * embeds dependencies in project: fail + * embeds dependencies in project: possible fail for larger projects (used in conjunction with FastRemoteCache, however...) * maintains its own, clearly named remote branches for the dependencies it manages * straightforward and intuitive to use * handy rails plugin shorthand: `braid add <repo_url> -p` - * on update, halts for dirty branches: good + * on update, halts on most operations if branches are dirty: awesome * deletion of deps doesn't clean up their remote branches, yet * no support for sending changes upstream to dependencies, a la giternal - * dependency status has not been implemented yet - -## Fran&ccedil;ois Beausoleil's piston ## - * made maintaining forked subversion deps a cinch before git took over... at the cost of speed - * scm-agnostic rewrite **still** in the works... been a while (project initially debuted in 2006) - * still very rough around the edges: status call blows up - * minor gripe: some command names remain stuck in the past. e.g., {un,}locking vs. {un,}freezing - * most of documentation is still geared for the 1.4.x (svn) generation: fail + * dependency status planned but not been implemented yet + * can select mirrors that also import their whole history in the parent project (handy in the case of a shared models setup) ## Miles Georgi's externals ## * yet another scm-agnostic approach like piston and braid notes.markdown a4c12aef6bbd965bf71c7b73a18aa50adbc8eda6 gary ge.iams@gmail.com http://github.com/gary/dependency_management_talk/commit/c1955f372b421c34a911c9070918c27bcfe1531f c1955f372b421c34a911c9070918c27bcfe1531f 2008-11-18T14:04:30-08:00 2008-11-18T14:04:30-08:00 updates to braid's feature set after a discussion with its creator c34b2666490ff685fb2bf942c2735766b2e9ecc9 gary ge.iams@gmail.com