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16 Another place the build system can get source files from is
17 through an SCM such as Git or Subversion.
18 In this case, a repository is cloned or checked out.
19 The
20 <a class="link" href="../ref-manual/ref-tasks-fetch.html" target="_self"><code class="filename">do_fetch</code></a>
21 task inside BitBake uses
22 the <a class="link" href="../ref-manual/var-SRC_URI.html" target="_self"><code class="filename">SRC_URI</code></a>
23 variable and the argument's prefix to determine the correct
24 fetcher module.
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26<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
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28 For information on how to have the OpenEmbedded build system
29 generate tarballs for Git repositories and place them in the
30 <a class="link" href="../ref-manual/var-DL_DIR.html" target="_self"><code class="filename">DL_DIR</code></a>
31 directory, see the
32 <a class="link" href="../ref-manual/var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS.html" target="_self"><code class="filename">BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</code></a>
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36 When fetching a repository, BitBake uses the
37 <a class="link" href="../ref-manual/var-SRCREV.html" target="_self"><code class="filename">SRCREV</code></a>
38 variable to determine the specific revision from which to
39 build.
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