Dfetch - a source-only no-hassle project-dependency aggregator¶
What is Dfetch?¶
We needed a dependency manager that was flexible enough to retrieve dependencies as plain text from various sources. svn externals, git submodules and git subtrees solve a similar problem, but not in a vcs agnostic way or completely user friendly way. We want self-contained code repositories without any hassle for end-users. Dfetch must promote upstreaming changes, but allow for local customizations.
Other tools that do similar things are Zephyr’s West, CMake ExternalProject and other meta tools. See Alternatives for a complete list.
Installation¶
Dfetch is a python based cross-platform cli tool.
Install the latest release with:
pip install dfetch
Or install the latest version from the main branch:
pip install https://github.com/dfetch-org/dfetch/archive/main.zip
Once installed dfetch output can be seen.
dfetch --version
