I'm writing this small utility, FOSS but not intended for wide deployment, packaging in OS distributions etc. My utility depends on several libraries - some are header-only (it's C++), some are headers+compiled libraries. Now, when it's a library with proper versioned released then life's simple. I have CMake look for that library, detect the version number, require an appropriate number and I'm set. I also do not bother to include a copy of that library with my own code in the revision control repository.But what if the library I'm depending on is just a github project, with developers occasionally committing to it, and no release or versioning? How should I depend on that library and formalize this dependence? Should I include a snapshot of it? Assume it exists elsewhere, look for it and try to determine the changeset code or timestamp?Note:This question is not about my specific development environment, but you can use it to illustrate or if your suggestion is specific to it. I write (mostly) C++, use mercurial for revision control and CMake as the build system.
What's a good way to manage my code's dependencies on libraries without releases?
dependencies;third party libraries;dependency management