From 0f300cf8451f0ed77d6b9d20499b093b5ac9114c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mdipierro Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 11:57:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] fixed readme --- README.markdown | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ gluon/packages/dal | 2 +- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 1f2cfc91..10f26897 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -13,6 +13,26 @@ Learn more at http://web2py.com Then edit ./app.yaml and replace "yourappname" with yourappname. +## Import about this GIT repo + +An important part of web2py is the Database Abstraction Layer (DAL). In early 2015 this was decoupled into a separate code-base (PyDAL). In terms of git, it is a sub-module of the main repository. + +The use of a sub-module requires a one-time use of the --recursive flag for git clone if you are cloning web2py from scratch. + + git clone --recursive + +If you have an existing repository, the commands below need to be executed once: + + git submodule init + git submodule update + +if you have a folder gluon/dal also do + + rm -r gluon/dal + +PyDAL uses a separate stable release cycle to the rest of web2py. PyDAL releases will use a date-naming scheme similar to Ubuntu. Issues related to PyDAL should be reported to its separate repository. + + ## Documentation (readthedocs.org) [![Docs Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/web2py/badge/?version=latest&style=flat-square)](http://web2py.rtfd.org/) diff --git a/gluon/packages/dal b/gluon/packages/dal index 63e9b2b6..28bd1513 160000 --- a/gluon/packages/dal +++ b/gluon/packages/dal @@ -1 +1 @@ -Subproject commit 63e9b2b6b3f885b8c0d9f25a0612206fae3b0e61 +Subproject commit 28bd151328a77fba69de2745a87e217658b478e2