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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-02-17 15:36:02 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-08 12:07:57 -0800
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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml: Edits to YP files Git method
Added some clarity on where the poky Git repository comes from with regard to the YP source repositories. (From yocto-docs rev: 29c0b095daa39256b69cd35f744136d97a239cc3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
69 are going to be contributing back into the Yocto Project source repository or not. 69 are going to be contributing back into the Yocto Project source repository or not.
70 <note> 70 <note>
71 Regardless of the method you use, this manual refers to the resulting 71 Regardless of the method you use, this manual refers to the resulting
72 hierarchical set of files as "the Yocto Project files" or "the Yocto Project file 72 hierarchical set of files as the "Yocto Project Files" or the "Yocto Project File
73 structure." 73 Structure."
74 </note> 74 </note>
75 <itemizedlist> 75 <itemizedlist>
76 <listitem><para><emphasis>Tarball Extraction:</emphasis> If you are not going to contribute 76 <listitem><para><emphasis>Tarball Extraction:</emphasis> If you are not going to contribute
@@ -89,17 +89,21 @@
89 tarball.</para></listitem> 89 tarball.</para></listitem>
90 <listitem><para><emphasis>Git Repository Method:</emphasis> If you are going to be contributing 90 <listitem><para><emphasis>Git Repository Method:</emphasis> If you are going to be contributing
91 back into the Yocto Project, you should use Git commands to set up a local 91 back into the Yocto Project, you should use Git commands to set up a local
92 Git repository of the Yocto Project files. 92 Git repository of the Yocto Project Files.
93 Doing so creates a Git repository with a complete history of changes and allows 93 Doing so creates a Git repository with a complete history of changes and allows
94 you to easily submit your changes upstream to the project. 94 you to easily submit your changes upstream to the project.
95 Because you cloned the repository, you have access to all the Yocto Project development 95 Because you cloned the repository, you have access to all the Yocto Project development
96 branches and tag names used in the upstream repository.</para> 96 branches and tag names used in the upstream repository.</para>
97 <para>The following transcript shows how to clone the Yocto Project files' 97 <para>The following transcript shows how to clone the Yocto Project Files'
98 Git repository into the current working directory. 98 Git repository into the current working directory.
99 The command creates the repository in a directory named <filename>poky</filename>. 99 <note>The name of the Yocto Project Files Git repository in the Yocto Project Files
100 For information on the Yocto Project and Git, see the 100 Source Repositories is <filename>poky</filename>.
101 "<link linkend='git'>Git</link>" section. 101 You can view the Yocto Project Source Repositories at
102 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 102 <ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi'></ulink></note>
103 The command creates the local repository in a directory named <filename>poky</filename>.
104 For information on Git used within the Yocto Project, see the
105 "<link linkend='git'>Git</link>" section.
106 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
103 $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky 107 $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
104 Initialized empty Git repository in /home/scottrif/poky/.git/ 108 Initialized empty Git repository in /home/scottrif/poky/.git/
105 remote: Counting objects: 116882, done. 109 remote: Counting objects: 116882, done.
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@
107 remote: Total 116882 (delta 80651), reused 113045 (delta 77578) 111 remote: Total 116882 (delta 80651), reused 113045 (delta 77578)
108 Receiving objects: 100% (116882/116882), 72.13 MiB | 2.68 MiB/s, done. 112 Receiving objects: 100% (116882/116882), 72.13 MiB | 2.68 MiB/s, done.
109 Resolving deltas: 100% (80651/80651), done. </literallayout></para> 113 Resolving deltas: 100% (80651/80651), done. </literallayout></para>
110 <para>For another example of how to set up your own local Git repositories, see this 114 <para>For another example of how to set up your own local Git repositories, see this
111 <ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'> 115 <ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'>
112 wiki page</ulink>, which describes how to create both <filename>poky</filename> 116 wiki page</ulink>, which describes how to create both <filename>poky</filename>
113 and <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repositories.</para></listitem> 117 and <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repositories.</para></listitem>