possible to clone [core] git

MS1 · 2025-06-30 08:33:03

I am a git newb. It looks like each package has its own gitlab repo. Is there a way to clone all packages in [core] and keep them updated?

Lone_Wolf · 2025-06-30 08:53:55

[core] repo cointains binaries, the git repos contain PKGBUILDs and other files needed to create the binary packages.

Do you want the files to build stuff or the binaries ?

MS1 · 2025-06-30 09:00:20

I would like to have a clone of all PKGBUILD and related files from [core].

Allan · 2025-06-30 09:01:22

pkgctl repo clone $(pacman -Slq core)

MS1 · 2025-06-30 09:09:30

Thank you Allan. How would I update the clone to keep them in sync?

Allan · 2025-06-30 09:16:25

They are git repos, so just pull...

for i in *; do
  pushd $i
  git pull
  popd
done

gromit · 2025-06-30 14:27:04

Allan wrote:

pkgctl repo clone $(pacman -Slq core)

It's not that easy but almost there as we only have one repo per pkgbase, so one should also do something like 'expac -S "%e"':

pkgctl repo clone $(pacman -Slq core | xargs expac -S "%e" | sort --unique)

Also potentially you should use "--protocol https" with the clone if you don't have SSH key auth set up.

MS1 wrote:

I would like to have a clone of all PKGBUILD and related files from [core].

But why do you want to have this set of clones?

Last edited by gromit (2025-06-30 14:28:58)

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