Working with Boost in git

boost_in_git.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Boost is now using git submodules, where each Boost library has its own. These are coalesced
# into a top-level boost repository. Grabbing a snapshot of boost, then, involves cloning the
# top-level repo and using bjam to build the familiar top-level boost/ headers directory.

git clone --recursive [email protected]:boostorg/boost.git

cd boost

./bootstrap.sh # Build bjam

./b2 headers # Set up the boost/ headers directory, which will create symlinks to the actual files

# Updating to the top of boost, then, is a matter of calling update on the submodules within the
# top-level project:

cd boost

git submodule update --recursive