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blockquote>This demonstrates four different methods for downloading code, from three different sources.

To execute, install Drush, install Drush Make, then run the attached file [...t]o specify an output directory, add the path as an extra parameter:

drush make search.make /var/www

I have written one of my 'build' files (make files) that grabs Drupal core and my install profile from git.mig5.net:

core = 6.x
projects[] = drupal
projects[feature_server][type] = "profile"
projects[feature_server][download][type] = "git"
projects[feature_server][download][url] = "git://git.mig5.net/drupal/profiles/feature_server"

As always, the install profile itself, once cloned from git, contains its own make file that grabs all the other components and puts them into place. It's based on Young's own featureserver.make file

Provides the equivalent of a make script for Drupal, using Drush.

Usage: drush make [filename] where [filename] is the filename of the makefile.

Maintained by dmitrig01

Simple enough...

See http://developmentseed.org/blog/2009/oct/27/drupal-distributions-drush-make for the why and wow.

Actual example, for Collabalot by Kathleen and friends:

The features module enables the capture and management of features in Drupal. A feature is a collection of Drupal entities which taken together satisfy a certain use-case.

Features provides a UI and API for taking different site building components from modules with exportables and bundling them together in a single feature module. A feature module is like any other Drupal module except that it declares its components (e.g. views, contexts, CCK fields, etc.) in its .info file so that it can be checked, updated, or reverted programmatically.
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