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Thu, 10 May 2012 04:48

Eclipse User

I'm starting working in a multi-plugin, multi-product (client/server) RCP+Jetty project, with the intention of reusing some of the plugins/OSGi bundles in client and server, and I have some doubts regarding the ideal repository layout.

I mean... I know that when checking out a branch of a project, all the projects in the repository are switched to the branch as well, so having all of the plugins in a single repository might not be a good idea at all.

The second solution would be creating a repository for each plugin, which I assume would be a nightmare as well.

The third solution (and maybe the most adequate) would be to have a group of plugins (features maybe?) per repository, but I'd like to know your experience before deciding something based only on my maybe-not-that-common sense.

So... What would be, for you, the ideal/recommended repository=>plugin layout? Could sub modules be my silver bullet?

Cheers,
Guido

[Updated on: Thu, 10 May 2012 04:56] by Moderator

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:05

Eclipse User

We have multiple repositories, with each repository containing multiple Eclipse projects (features, plugins, etc). We try and group projects so that "related" ones (for some definition of related) are in the same repository - that often corresponds to a feature project and its plugins - your third solution.

We don't use submodules (I think EGit only got support for them recently).

When deciding what set of feature/plugins/etc belong together in a repository, think about what gets released together. For us, making a release means making a (specially named) branch, so all the components that will always get released together go in the same repo.

We use Buckminster so that developers don't need to know which repository holds a given component.

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:48

Eclipse User

Just adding: Maybe you can use Maven (Gradle) instead of Buckminster. Have one project/repository with Maven configuration, which ties plugins together.

[Updated on: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:48] by Moderator

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