Dart pub package

Pubspec Lock Merge Driver

A git merge driver for pubspec.lock files

Installation

Install/activate package from pub

dart pub global activate pubspec_lock_merge_driver

Run the merge driver installation script

# install the merge driver globally (will apply to every pubspec.lock file)
pubspec_lock_merge_driver install

# install the merge driver for a local package (make sure to be at the root of the local `.git` directory)
pubspec_lock_merge_driver install --local

Now, when git sees conflicts within pubspec.lock files, it will know how to automatically resolve them based on merge strategy below

Using a lower dart version than 2.17.5

pubspec_lock_merge_driver requires the dart version: 2.17.5 to run, this implies that projects utilizing the exec command pubspec_lock_merge_driver must also be running 2.17.5.

There is a workaround that involves compiling an exe of the merge driver, that can be followed here:

# clone the repo to a good location
cd <some/good/location>
git clone git@github.com:matthewnitschke/pubspec_lock_merge_driver.git

# switch dart versions to the latest (asdf makes this very easy)
asdf install dart 2.17.5
asdf shell dart 2.17.5

# compile the dart script
dart compile pubspec_lock_merge_driver/bin/main.dart

# install the merge driver using the exe instead of the default executable
pubspec_lock_merge_driver install --driverCommand "<some/good/location>/pubspec_lock_merge_driver/bin/main.exe"

Now the merge driver should work for any dart version, and is running against a compiled executable.

Uninstallation

You can always uninstall the merge driver using the following command

pubspec_lock_merge_driver uninstall

# or for local installs
pubspec_lock_merge_driver uninstall --local

Merge strategy

Given a pubspec.lock file A, and a pubspec.lock file B:

For packages found within A but not B (and B but not A) the package will be included in the resulting pubspec.lock file

For each package found in both A and B:

  1. If A and B are both Path dependencies
    • use the package with the more recent version
  2. If A is a Path dep, and B is not
    • use A's package
  3. If B is a Path dep and A is not
    • use B's package
  4. Repeat steps 1-3 with Git dependencies
  5. Repeat steps 1-3 with Hosted dependencies

Known limitations

  • sdks versions between A and B must be identical
    • if differences are detected, manually merging files is required
  • If the version and dep type is the same between A and B, but there happens to be different configuration within the Description
    • if differences are detected, manually merging files is required

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