Pushing external libraries used in GIT

Arqam

I am using openCV library in my QT project.

While developing the project I did use openCV by using few paths in my local as mentioned here : https://www.learnopencv.com/configuring-qt-for-opencv-on-osx/

But now I have to push my code in GIT, so what should I do so that the other person pulling the project gets openCV?

raven-worx

@Arqam

push the code along with your code, or
go the dynamic approach and let the user configure OpenCV themselves, or
add the OpenCV git repo as a sub-module to your repository

[edit: fixed small typo: yourself -> themselves SGaist]

Arqam

@raven-worx Thanks for the reply. So there is no project management in QT?
Also, in many thread people have said that while pushing we should add our project .pro file in .gitignore. But if we are not pushing the .pro file then how will the other person run the project when it pulls?

sierdzio

The person downloading your code should go along the same path - use pkg-config to set up OpenCV on their side.

You can bundle OpenCV with your code, but storing binaries in GIT is not really a good idea. And you would have to store separate lib for all systems and build architectures.

raven-worx

@Arqam said in Pushing external libraries used in GIT:

Also, in many thread people have said that while pushing we should add our project .pro file in .gitignore

this is non-sense. Of course you should also commit your .pro file.
You should just make sure not to use any hardcoded/absolute paths in it.

sierdzio

@Arqam said in Pushing external libraries used in GIT:

Also, in many thread people have said that while pushing we should add our project .pro file in .gitignore

.pro file is fine and necessary - push it.

.pro.user file is not fine - it is a local config file, auto-generated by Qt Creator for your session. Do not push that to GIT, it won't work on other PCs than yours.

raven-worx

@Arqam
you can take this as a reference for a Qt based .gitignore