Add a --deps-file flag to gclient to allow using a deps file other than DEPS.

gclient.py

Index: gclient.py
===================================================================
--- gclient.py	(revision 86867)
+++ gclient.py	(working copy)
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@
     }
     filepath = os.path.join(self.root_dir(), self.name, self.deps_file)
     if not os.path.isfile(filepath):
-      logging.info('%s: No DEPS file found at %s' % (self.name, filepath))
+      logging.info('%s: No %s file found at %s' % (self.name, self.deps_file,
+                                                   filepath))
     else:
       deps_content = gclient_utils.FileRead(filepath)
       logging.debug(deps_content)
@@ -585,6 +586,7 @@
 solutions = [
   { "name"        : "%(solution_name)s",
     "url"         : "%(solution_url)s",
+    "deps_file"   : "%(deps_file)s",
     "custom_deps" : {
     },
     "safesync_url": "%(safesync_url)s",
@@ -595,6 +597,7 @@
   DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_SOLUTION_TEXT = ("""\
   { "name"        : "%(solution_name)s",
     "url"         : "%(solution_url)s",
+    "deps_file"   : "%(deps_file)s",
     "custom_deps" : {
 %(solution_deps)s    },
     "safesync_url": "%(safesync_url)s",
@@ -642,7 +645,7 @@
             s.get('safesync_url', None),
             s.get('custom_deps', {}),
             s.get('custom_vars', {}),
-            None,
+            s.get('deps_file', None),
             True))
       except KeyError:
         raise gclient_utils.Error('Invalid .gclient file. Solution is '
@@ -668,10 +671,12 @@
         os.path.join(path, options.config_filename)))
     return client
 
-  def SetDefaultConfig(self, solution_name, solution_url, safesync_url):
+  def SetDefaultConfig(self, solution_name, deps_file, solution_url,
+                       safesync_url):
     self.SetConfig(self.DEFAULT_CLIENT_FILE_TEXT % {
       'solution_name': solution_name,
       'solution_url': solution_url,
+      'deps_file': deps_file,
       'safesync_url' : safesync_url,
     })
 
@@ -846,6 +851,7 @@
         new_gclient += self.DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_SOLUTION_TEXT % {
             'solution_name': d.name,
             'solution_url': d.url,
+            'deps_file': d.deps_file,
             'safesync_url' : d.safesync_url or '',
             'solution_deps': ''.join(custom_deps),
         }
@@ -964,6 +970,8 @@
                          'probably can\'t contain any newlines.')
   parser.add_option('--name',
                     help='overrides the default name for the solution')
+  parser.add_option('--deps-file', default='DEPS',
+                    help='overrides the default name for the DEPS file')

[cmp, 2011/05/26 21:04:20]

Can we add '--git-deps'?  It would be a boolean flag, default false.  When set,
below it would imply setting options.deps_file to .DEPS.git.

[nsylvain, 2011/05/26 21:13:28]

Done.

   (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
   if ((options.spec and args) or len(args) > 2 or
       (not options.spec and not args)):
@@ -985,7 +993,7 @@
     safesync_url = ''
     if len(args) > 1:
       safesync_url = args[1]
-    client.SetDefaultConfig(name, base_url, safesync_url)
+    client.SetDefaultConfig(name, options.deps_file, base_url, safesync_url)
   client.SaveConfig()
   return 0