CODEWITHSUNDEEP
swiftswift-package-manager
s1ddok
s1ddok

Reputation: 4654

Create package for someone else's repository without forking it

I want to create a Swift Package Manager entry (manifest and modulemap files) for existing C lib repository on github.

However I don't want to fork it, add it there and maintain the fork to be up to date with original repo.

Is this a way to create a separate repository which will work as a proxy for Swift PM?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 271

Answers (1)

Daniel Dunbar
Daniel Dunbar

Reputation: 3615

No, not yet. I have considered this idea, and think it would be useful, but right now in practice making an existing C lib work with the package manager usually requires moving the code around. Once we support custom code layout conventions, then I think it will become more interesting.

As a hack, you might be able to make this work by using a git submodule to reference the foreign package, and using symbolic links to make the sources appear where they need to in your "adaptor" package.

Upvotes: 1

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