Re: [edk2-rfc] [RFC] UnitTestFrameworkPkg cmocka submodule alternatives

["Rebecca Cran" <rebecca@bsdio.com>]

On 12/19/20 11:58 AM, Michael D Kinney wrote:
> There have been a few suggestions to create a mirror of cmocka in TianoCore
> org in GitHub.
> 
> I have found a GitHub action that can do a repo sync.
> 
>      https://github.com/marketplace/actions/github-repo-sync
> 
> I have created a temporary mirror of cmocka in my personal GitHub area that
> uses this GitHub action to sync all branches and all tags once a day.
> 
>      https://github.com/mdkinney/mirror-cmocka
> 
> Here is the GitHub workflow file.  It must be in the default branch for the
> repo using a branch name that is not present in the repo being mirrored.
> In this case, I used a branch name of 'repo-sync'.
> 
>      https://github.com/mdkinney/mirror-cmocka/blob/repo-sync/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
> 
> Please provide feedback on this approach.  If we like this approach, then
> I suggest we create a new repo in TianoCore called edk2-cmocka that is a
> mirror that is synced once a day and we update the cmocka submodule in the
> edk2 repo to use edk2-cmocka.
> 

I'd suggest just using the Gitlab mirror. Unlike cryptomilk.org, Gitlab 
should be just as reliable as Github and won't introduce another 
potential failure point.

-- 
Rebecca Cran