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[SR-666] swiftpm should allow me to depend on latest commit of a branch #5430

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swift-ci opened this issue Feb 3, 2016 · 13 comments
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swift-ci commented Feb 3, 2016

Previous ID SR-666
Radar rdar://problem/29964194
Original Reporter jaybuff (JIRA User)
Type New Feature
Status Resolved
Resolution Done
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Votes 4
Component/s Package Manager
Labels New Feature
Assignee None
Priority Medium

md5: b10f288e55add23846354603cdc57b6c

is duplicated by:

  • SR-1867 Specify the branch to clone in Package.swift

Issue Description:

I want the ability to depend on the latest version of a particular branch in a repo (master being the most common).

Sometimes upstream library authors might have a fix or a feature in the latest version, but they haven't done a release yet. For development I'd like to try that out before the release is official.

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swift-ci commented Feb 3, 2016

Comment by Kostiantyn Koval (JIRA)

I think this was already discussed somewhere. The main idea is that it's not 100% secure. When you rely on specific version you can guaranty that it will build in future (the code and binary will not change)

If you make a package that depends on other package from master branch, it can build successfully now, but it could fails if new code is pushed to the master.
I think this is main reason why version tag is required (at least when publishing a package).

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mxcl commented Feb 3, 2016

It should only be possible for the root package to depend on HEAD.

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swift-ci commented Feb 3, 2016

Comment by Jay Buffington (JIRA)

I totally agree with kkoval (JIRA User), we shouldn't be able to publish packages that have dependencies on packages that don't explicitly depend on a version (range).

We should still do this to support the dev case, though. like @mxcl said, if you can only do it for the root package, then it will be safe.

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swift-ci commented Feb 4, 2016

Comment by Kostiantyn Koval (JIRA)

Example:

let package = Package(
    name: "Hello",
    dependencies: [
        .Package(url: "ssh://git@example.com/Greeter.git", head: true),
    ]
)

The root package in that case is Hello. It depends on the Greeter from head.
Did I understood it correctly? @mxcl

What happens if I commit this and push package code?
We can disallow using Hello as a dependency like that

let package = Package(
    name: "Answering",
    dependencies: [
      .Package(url: "ssh://git@example.com/Hello.git" version: Version(1,0,0))
    ]
)
//swift build Answering -> Error, can't use "Hello" as a dependency, it's unsafe because ....

But the Hello project itself is now not stable, because it relies on external dependency without specified locked-commit.
And I totally agree that we should have this functionality for development, but I don't want to sacrifice the safety.

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Comment by Jay Buffington (JIRA)

How about for now we do something less controversial for now: just allow for depending on a commit sha.

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ddunbar commented Jun 20, 2016

This would be nice to get in the 3.0 release timeframe.

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Comment by Anindha Parthy (JIRA)

I disagree with kkoval (JIRA User)'s example. If Hello was depending on an unlocked commit, then I wouldn't tag that as 1.0.0.

My use case is that I am using Swift 3.0 and some of dependencies have a branch that is Swift 3.0 compatible. At the moment I check out each of these dependencies, and locally tag the Swift 3.0 branch. I could also fork the dependency and tag that.

My solution would be: .Package(url: "ssh://git@example.com/Hello.git" branch: "swift-3.0")

The sha is also fine, but isn't self documenting.

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Comment by Kostiantyn Koval (JIRA)

You can still depend on the head and mark your package with `1.0` tag. The SwiftPM has to handle this situation.
There is a propose for solving this issue
https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0082-swiftpm-package-edit.md

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Bouke commented Jun 29, 2016

When working on an app has various dependencies that are being developed as a whole, the whole

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Comment by Kostiantyn Koval (JIRA)

Here is a proposal for Editable packages
https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0082-swiftpm-package-edit.md

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Time has run out for Swift 3, unfortunately.

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ddunbar commented Jan 24, 2017

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Implemented by:
#972
#975
#976
#977
#978
#979
#981

@swift-ci swift-ci transferred this issue from apple/swift-issues Apr 25, 2022
@shahmishal shahmishal transferred this issue from apple/swift May 4, 2022
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