Re: [VSS] Splitting tools into separate repository

If so, I think a specific directory should contain this, and where the tool
output by default end up.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:52 AM Ulf Bjorkengren <ulfbjorkengren@geotab.com>
wrote:

> 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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