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Currently when updating the submodules in the integration repository the commit message look similar to

Updating submodule gemoc-studio-modeldebugging to track head of branch master

Even if this information is useful, it would be nicer to have commit message that also reuse the last commit message from the branch it follows. This would make the CI build more friendly as it shows the last commit message.

/ is a legal character in branch names
it currently removes it and synchronization fails

various forge (gitlab/github) allows git access using AccessToken

We need to test and document how to set and use such token

In some projects the "main" branch isn't always named master (develop for example)

The script should adapt to either use a custom name defined in the pom.xml or be able to detect the "main" branch name of the integration repository

Currently, the script work using a fresh clone of the repository.

It would be more efficient to be able to perform a pull/refresh instead

we should find a better name for the tool that highlights its main purpose

something like : git-submodule-autosync-branch ? git-submodule-discover-branch ?

It would be more convenient to publish the jar on a widely available repository such as maven central instead of maven.inria.fr

(this would trim the pom.xml definition)

It would be useful that the pom.xml can define name filters allowing to include/exclude the branches in submodules that need to be added to the main multi-module repository.

This avoids having a swarm of jobs on projects having a lot of "stale" branches.

if branches on a submodule is inactive for a long period, it should not be considered by the tool when deciding if the branch must exist in the main integration repository

If none of the submodules is active for the given branch, this branch should be removed from the integration.