[IPython-dev] submodules over https

[Dave Hirschfeld]

Aron Ahmadia <aron <at> ahmadia.net> writes:

> 
> Hi Dave,
> I just noticed that the submodule URLs are hardcoded instead of relative:
> 
> 
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/.gitmodules#L3
> 


So that's where the path is hard coded - good to know!


> 
> Can you check that if you do a non-recursive checkout, then modify this 
line in the top-level .gitmodule file from:
> 
> 
> url = git://github.com/ipython/ipython-components.git
> 
> url = ../ipython-components.git
> 
> 
> that everything works for you?
> 


I can confirm that changing the url to a relative path in this one location 
allows everything to work correctly with a repo checked out via https.


> It seems there's a typo in setupbase.py
>
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/setupbase.py#L384
>
> I'm assuming that 'external' should in fact be 'components'
> With this change I can compile & run the latest IPython.
> 


NB: To build & install you still have to fix the typo in setupbase.py

Thanks,
Dave