DFetch can manage dependencies

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. The problem is described thoroughly here and sometimes is also known as vendoring.

Other tools that do similar things are Zephyr's West, CMake ExternalProject and other meta tools. See alternatives for a complete list.

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Install

Stable

pip install dfetch

latest version

pip install https://github.com/dfetch-org/dfetch/archive/main.zip