system call to git(1) as a preliminary remote dependency method for Fortran fpm?

[urbanjost]

Since git(1) is being assumed as an installed package and being used to do an initial new project in both versions of fpm(1) would it be reasonable to use a git(1) system call in f-fpm to pull remote dependencies so that all base functions are available?
This would allow the f-fpm version to have basic full functionality (build,run,test,new) and allow for completing prototypical development of all of the lbase ocal platform features. Thoughts?

[everythingfunctional]

That's exactly what the Haskell version is doing, so I'd be in favor of it, at least for now.

[urbanjost]

Did not realize that but that certainly goes a long way toward proving it would work!

[urbanjost]

Does h-fpm then make a recursive call to h-fpm to build it as well when it builds the remote packages?

[everythingfunctional]

It doesn't launch a new process, but fetching and building the dependencies is a recursive procedure.

[everythingfunctional]

See bootstrap/src/Fpm.hs lines 540 - 677 for how it's done.

[LKedward]

Based on this I've now added support for remote git dependencies in #193, since it only requires a small addition.

[urbanjost]

Fantastic. Between the f-toml interface and the work you have done on building all the fun stuff has progressed so dramatically it looks like it will be able to bootstrap itself very soon. Should I close this one?

[LKedward]

Closing as implemented in #193