Add option to create snapshot manifest from a branch point
Currently the snapshot manifests are stored like this:
refs/heads/m/master/some/manifest/default.xml
a---b---c---d---e
and if you tag commit 'a', you can use git-describe to reference all
subsequent commits.
This plugin also let you branch a set of repositories described by a
manifest and create a new manifest to point to the same set of
repositories at a new branch. So for example, you can tell the plugin
to branch at the snapshot manifest stored in commit 'c' and create a new
manifest back in the subscribing repository (master branch with path
release/1.0.xml, for example.) When any of the projects in the
subscribed repositories change, a snapshot manifest will be created.
In previous implementation, the new snapshot manifest branch is created
from head of the master branch (assuming pointing to 'a'),
refs/heads/m/master/some/manifest/default.xml
a---b---c---d---e
\
f
refs/heads/m/master/release/1.0.xml
With this commit, the user will have the option of pre-creating the
snapshot manifest of the newly created manifest at the point branching
was requested.
refs/heads/m/master/some/manifest/default.xml
a---b---c---d---e
\
f
refs/heads/m/master/release/1.0.xml
This will allow a system-level versioning using git-describe. For
example:
a---b---c---d---e
^ \ ^
v1.0 \ v1.2
\
f---g
^
v1.0-4-gc0ffee1
Change-Id: Ifba982d35c6f6af55200474d5ec090ba9758de36
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