[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-16220) create an all-in-one build for JBT projects, using submodules

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

Nick Boldt created JBIDE-16220:
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             Summary: create an all-in-one build for JBT projects, using submodules
                 Key: JBIDE-16220
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16220
             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: build
    Affects Versions: 4.2.0.Alpha1
            Reporter: Nick Boldt
            Assignee: Nick Boldt


Git 1.8.2 now includes an option to have submodules track a branch tip, rather than specific commit IDs.

{code:title=https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.2.txt#L186-L188}
 "git submodule" started learning a new mode to integrate with the
   tip of the remote branch (as opposed to integrating with the commit
   recorded in the superproject's gitlink).
{code}

Therefore, while the solution [~dgolovin] has for his https://github.com/dgolovin/jbosstools-submodules project is a decent option, it requires updating to stay current with branch tips. It's therefore only really as useful as it stays current.

If we can get Git 1.8.2 installed on the Jenkins slaves, we could do a submodule build against whatever branch we wanted - master, 4.2.0.Alpha1x, etc.

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