Support the source-subdir keyword for parts
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Current evaluation
Merged snapcraft#94 via 9fe120945 (implementation 8741af4a3), adding source-subdir support while preserving source trees and delegating build-subdirectory selection to plugins.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #94 was merged with implementation commit 8741af4a3 and merge commit 9fe120945, adding the source-subdir keyword for parts.
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Issue body
Signed-off-by: Sergio Schvezov sergio.schvezov@canonical.com
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged snapcraft#94 via 9fe120945 (implementation 8741af4a3), adding source-subdir support while preserving source trees and delegating build-subdirectory selection to plugins. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged canonical/snapcraft#94, adding source-subdir support while preserving source trees; plugins select the appropriate build subdirectory. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged support for the source-subdir keyword. Source integrity is preserved by delegating subdir handling to plugins during the build step. Reviewers approved the approach after discussing extraction alternatives. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged support for the source-subdir keyword for parts. The maintainer preserved original source integrity by shifting subdir handling complexity to plugins rather than cleaning the build directory. Reviewers approved the approach. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#344
(confidence 95%)
Later refined source-subdir behavior by copying the complete source tree and building from the selected subdirectory.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3154 cmake v2 plugin: take source-subdir into account | snapcraft | merged | Merged as 2a58a4e5c, updating the CMake v2 plugin to honor source-subdir by using SNAPCRAFT_PART_SOURCE_WORK for pull and build work directories. | |
| #1640675 Add source option for git submodules | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Feature request implemented: source-submodules added to git sources, merged as snapcraft PR #3629 (383c1f1ce) and craft-parts PR #169 (3891f255); shipped in Snapcraft 7 and 8. Maintainer closed the2016 Launchpad bug as done. | |
| #1549676 source-subdir says its "a source dir within a repo to build from" but misses that snapcraft will only copy that subdir | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged ubuntu-core/snapcraft#344 (commit 6beb6fec6): Snapcraft now copies the full repository while building from the selected source-subdir. | |
| #1600428 Setting source: .. causes pull to fail | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by snapcore/snapcraft#725, adding support for snapcraft.yaml in a subdirectory and preventing recursive source copying. |