• =?iso-8859-1?Q?Robert_M._M=FCnch?= (14/14) Feb 16 2020 I want to use a specific branch version if a package. I specified the
• Basile B. (16/26) Feb 16 2020 We fail to get the most basic support for git since a full year
• Steven Schveighoffer (8/22) Feb 17 2020 git clone that branch to a local repository.

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Robert_M._M=FCnch?= <robert.muench saphirion.com> writes:

I want to use a specific branch version if a package. I specified the 
branch version in a dub.selections.json file.

But it seems that dub requires a ZIP file that can be downloaded from 
code.dlang.org, which of course fails because the branch is only 
available on github.


Downloading https://code.dlang.org/packages/rtree/~fix-#3.zip failed 
with 404 (Not Found).

How am I supposed to switch to a branch version of a package to try a 
bug-fix version for example?

-- 
Robert M. Münch
http://www.saphirion.com
smarter | better | faster

Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:

On Sunday, 16 February 2020 at 14:01:13 UTC, Robert M. Münch 
wrote:
 I want to use a specific branch version if a package. I 
 specified the branch version in a dub.selections.json file.

 But it seems that dub requires a ZIP file that can be 
 downloaded from code.dlang.org, which of course fails because 
 the branch is only available on github.


 Downloading https://code.dlang.org/packages/rtree/~fix-#3.zip 
 failed with 404 (Not Found).

 How am I supposed to switch to a branch version of a package to 
 try a bug-fix version for example?

We fail to get the most basic support for git since a full year 
now:

https://github.com/dlang/dub/pull/1802
https://github.com/dlang/dub/pull/1798
https://github.com/dlang/dub/pull/1403

So for now you have two options:

1/ in your project recipe, you can add the dependency as a path 
to the git submodule representing the DUB package and do the 
branch checkout manually or using a DUB pregenerate command.

2/ ask to the dependency maintainer to add a git tag in the 
branch you'd like to use.
the DUB registry will automatically create a new version of the 
package, using the right branch. This is done for example for stx 
allocator and so far this work.

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:

On 2/16/20 9:01 AM, Robert M. Münch wrote:
 I want to use a specific branch version if a package. I specified the 
 branch version in a dub.selections.json file.
 
 But it seems that dub requires a ZIP file that can be downloaded from 
 code.dlang.org, which of course fails because the branch is only 
 available on github.
 

 Downloading https://code.dlang.org/packages/rtree/~fix-#3.zip failed 
 with 404 (Not Found).
 
 How am I supposed to switch to a branch version of a package to try a 
 bug-fix version for example?
 

git clone that branch to a local repository.

dub add-local . in that repository. It will say something like "adding 
v1.0.1+commit..." then you mark your project as requiring ~> v1.0.1, and 
it will pick your local repository.

When you are done, make sure to dub remove-local that repository so it 
stops trying to grab your local copy.

-Steve