Giternal is a handy tool for managing git submodules. Give it a YAML file of git repositories, and it’ll ensure that the repos are all checked out. I’d use it to bootstrap all of the Puppet modules that I need, except for one fact:
It’s a rubygem. Happy to use them, but I don’t want dependencies on Rubygems at the bottom of my toolchain. I also have a boostrapping problem because Rubygems get installed from a Puppet module, which I fetch using Giternal.
What to do? Make a Debian package! So I did. You can download it here. It depends on ruby. I can make a Debian repository if anybody likes that idea.
Here’s a tiny example of the yaml file.
apache: repo: git@github.com:simpsonjulian/puppet-apache-ubuntu.git path: modules common: repo: git@github.com:simpsonjulian/puppet-common.git path: modules
Here’s the giternal Debian package install.
jsimpson@fox:~/Documents/workspace/giternal$ sudo dpkg -i giternal.deb (Reading database ... 145351 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace giternal 0.1.0-debian1 (using giternal.deb) ... Unpacking replacement giternal ... Setting up giternal (0.1.0-debian1) ...
Here’s giternal doing its thing.
Socks:puppet jsimpson$ giternal update Updating common ..updated Updating wordpress ..updated Updating sudo ..updated
Image via (Git book author) tswicegood
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