Re: [VSS] Splitting tools into separate repository

Will the tool usage via make stay at the VSS repo, or move to the vss-tools
repo?

I think it should be in the vss-tools repo. If so, I think a specific
directory should contain this, and the tool output.

BR
Ulf

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 12:57 PM Gunnar Andersson <gandersson@genivi.org>
wrote:

> Magnus, Daniel, and all:
>
> As you requested on yesterday's W3C Automotive WG call I have done
> the steps to splitting of tools from the signal repository in VSS.
>
> I show the example of a separate repository named vss-tools:
> For now it is kept on a fork [1]
>
> As expected git-subtree seems to have stored the relevant history from
> the original repository (only those commits that pertain to changes
> inside the tools directory) in the history of vss-tools repository.
>
> I added an empty commmit with some information to document
> the point at which we did the split, for the future. [2]
>
> Finally, I replaced the original tools directory from the VSS
> repo with a submodule reference to vss-tools. [3]
>
> NOTE that that commit renames tools/ to vss-tools/!
> ! All users should give your viewpoint on that, how much it affects
> things like build environments, etc.  I think keeping directory names
> the same as the submodule is usually the best, but it involves a path
> change here.  Thoughts?
>
> If everything looks good we can repeat the same operations
> under the GENIVI account.  I would also propose you, Magnus, also sign
> off on commits [2] and [3].  I can add this when I do the final cleanup
> if you say OK.
>
> @ Daniel There was one small oddity and that is that it seems
> tools had a submodule already, which I was not aware of, located at
> tools/documentation/themes/learn.  This one did not carry over to the
> new vss-tools repo (Please see [3] for details) but it feels somewhat
> unrelated to our project.  If it is used only as documentation for
> maintenance of the wiki, maybe keeping a link to the project would be
> enough?
>
> Sincerely,
> - Gunnar
>
> [1] https://github.com/gunnarx/vss-tools
> [2]
> https://github.com/gunnarx/vss-tools/commit/2993ed430f7f36af12496e3e6c3ba546153ba106
> [3]
> https://github.com/gunnarx/vehicle_signal_specification/commit/c1f486a7a733947ff658d0535d634e03008aa63b
>
> --
> Gunnar Andersson <gandersson@genivi.org>
> Development Lead
> GENIVI Alliance
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