How to install dependencies when your project's dependencies.lock file gets updated?

[jrgilman95]

So there are two commands that I know of that can affect the dep.lock file:

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idf.py reconfigure

and

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idf.py update-dependencies

.

The issue is that these modify the dep.lock file, is there an equivalent to just

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idf.py install-dependencies

?

This would be extremely useful to have (for example, as a git hook) for our developers when the dep.lock file gets updated in the repository.

Just curious if I missed something here, I think that the lock gets "just downloaded" on each

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idf.py build

, but it would be nice to be able to just trigger a download without a build.

[chegewara]

"dependencies.lock" keeps tracking managed components versions and hash, so it wont change unless you update some of managed components.
If i understand correctly you think about situation:
- you have project build on your PC
- git pull code with changed "dependencies.lock"
- you want to proceed with changes

In that case it is good to do one of these:
- idf.py set-target xxx - this will do full clean and download components with new versions - maybe there is better idf.py command but i like to use this one
- delete "managed_components" folder and idf.py build - it should download components and rebuild only required files, so its minimal rebuild option

[jrgilman95]

Gotchya - so unfortunately no command like "install dependencies" it seems. I really wish they would add this, all other package managers for software I've used have had this option. Clearly the functionality exists since the build and set-target commands do something along these lines...

I think I may try that set-target command since that should force the redownload and is easy to add to a git hook (I didn't want to force a full rebuild on our developers' systems each git pull).

[chegewara]

Sorry, I dont want to mislead you. Those are the options i know and i can think off, but i am not build system expert, so there may be an option or command you are looking for.