Studio not pulling entire repo

[e-wagner-OH]

Trying to create a super diagram that pulls in 13 other d2 diagrams. Have a github action that adds git submodules to a branch and pushes that branch. Try to open in d2 studio, and the git submodules and their dir are not showing up.

The git branch looks normal, I think it is just a limitation of studio at this point? How can I add other diagrams (which are in their own git repos) to another diagram that may have it's own dependencies on the lower level diagram?

[alixander]

@e-wagner-OH to be clear, the repo that D2 is pulling from has submodules? And the issue is that those are not being detected?

If so, the fix should be simple, just want to understand.

[e-wagner-OH]

@alixander - yes, exactly. Submodules not being detected within Studio. Also, when I push to a test branch from the super diagram in Studio, the submodule diagrams do not get pushed.

[alixander]

@e-wagner-OH I see, thanks for the information. I have a few followup questions:

1. What is in these submodules?
2. Are there any references being made from the main repo to submodules? E.g. icons, imports
3. I didn't quite understand your last sentence. If the "super diagram" is the repository that contains those submodules, why would the submodules also get a git push?

[e-wagner-OH]

@alixander
What is in these submodules? D2 diagrams
Are there any references being made from the main repo to submodules? E.g. icons, imports Yes, imports
I didn't quite understand your last sentence. If the "super diagram" is the repository that contains those submodules, why would the submodules also get a git push? The super diagram would contain its own index.d2 file and the 13 git submodules of other diagrams. I wanted to use composition (layers and scenarios) to walk different groups through the work being considered.

I created a test with 2 git repos and I made them public. d2-test-a and d2-test-b.

In test-a, I have a ...@d2-test-b/index line in the index.d2 and I have added the d2-test-b as a git submodule. Locally developing d2, the import command works fine and I get what I expect from the import.

When I connect to studio with the same branch, the git submodule is not available/ or pulled into terrastruct. Error in studio.

[alixander]

The super diagram would contain its own index.d2 file and the 13 git submodules of other diagrams.

Let's say I open the super diagram in D2 Studio and the contents of the submodules also appear. If I update the content of the submodule, is it expected those changes also be pushed to the submodule repository?

To be honest I haven't considered this use case. It's an interesting one that I'll think about more whether and how to support. Currently have a backlog of todo's and will queue this and get back to you in a few sprints.

[e-wagner-OH]

@alixander - Thanks

I would assume that the git submodules would not be updatable via studio. Changes to them could be made via the composition configurations at the layer or scenario level.

[e-wagner-OH]

I wrote some ci with GitHub actions that removes the git wrappings of the submodules, and pushes a new git repo to get the desired effect. It works pretty. Ill let you know if my team finds it useful.

[e-wagner-OH]

@alixander - smaller issue with the super-diagram not creating links to the sub-diagrams in d2 studio. Looking to have the links work in both the menu to the left and the diagram. diagram # 744331451

[e-wagner-OH]

Also, I think the d2 push from studio gets rid of my .github/workflows directory. I have to replace the gha I was using to create to super-diagram.