[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #248: Enhance GetComponents functionality when dealing with git branches

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#248: Enhance GetComponents functionality when dealing with git branches
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  Reporter:  bmundim        |       Owner:  eric9       
      Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  closed      
  Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:              
 Component:  GetComponents  |     Version:              
Resolution:  fixed          |    Keywords:  git branches
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Changes (by eric9):

  * status:  accepted => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 > {{{
 > # this will setup stable and experimental as remote-tracking branches,
 > # and then checkout the ET_2010_11 tagged commit
 > !TARGET = $ROOT/bin
 > !TYPE = git
 > !URL =  git://github.com/gridaphobe/CRL.git
 > !REPO_BRANCH = stable, experimental, ET_2010_11
 > !CHECKOUT = GetComponents
 >
 > # this will clone into CRL-experimental, and checkout the experimental
 branch
 > !TARGET = $ROOT/bin
 > !TYPE = git
 > !URL =  git://github.com/gridaphobe/CRL.git
 > !REPO_BRANCH = experimental
 > !CHECKOUT = GetComponents
 > !NAME = CRL-experimental
 > }}}

 Last night I implemented this functionality. As Bruno said, the second bit
 doesn't follow standard git practices, so I would discourage using it like
 that. However, there could be cases where renaming the repository would be
 useful, i.e. someone has their own git repo called CRL, which is unrelated
 to !GetComponents.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/248#comment:16>
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