How To Install git-subrepo on CentOS 8

git-subrepo is Git Submodule Alternative

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-subrepo on CentOS 8.

What is git-subrepo

This git command “clones” an external git repo into a subdirectory of your repo. Later on, upstream changes can be pulled in, and local changes can be pushed back. Simple.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-subrepo on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-subrepo.

Install git-subrepo on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install git-subrepo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-subrepo

Install git-subrepo on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install git-subrepo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-subrepo

How To Uninstall git-subrepo on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the git-subrepo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-subrepo

git-subrepo Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo.d
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo.d/bash+.bash
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-subrepo.d/help-functions.bash
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo/Changes
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo/Intro.pod
/usr/share/doc/git-subrepo/ReadMe.pod
/usr/share/licenses/git-subrepo
/usr/share/licenses/git-subrepo/License
/usr/share/man/man1/git-subrepo.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-subrepo on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.