From ed84cafb037e27f2ebd777b424174808ad7c9265 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:22:44 -0700 Subject: dev-manual: Updates to "Cloning and Checking Out Branches" Provided clearer text. (From yocto-docs rev: 16b793389b359ee08b632d77c1d0abad4796543a) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml index af04528a7b..12694da89b 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml @@ -901,23 +901,19 @@ Cloning and Checking Out Branches - To use the Yocto Project, you need a release of the Yocto Project - locally installed on your development system. - The locally installed set of files is referred to as the + To use the Yocto Project for development, you need a release locally + installed on your development system. + This locally installed set of files is referred to as the Source Directory in the Yocto Project documentation. - You create your Source Directory by using + The preferred method of creating your Source Directory is by using Git to clone a local copy of the upstream poky repository. - Tip - The preferred method of getting the Yocto Project Source - Directory set up is to clone the repository. - - Working from a copy of the upstream repository allows you - to contribute back into the Yocto Project or simply work with + Working from a cloned copy of the upstream repository allows you + to contribute back into the Yocto Project or to simply work with the latest software on a development branch. Because Git maintains and creates an upstream repository with a complete history of changes and you are working with a local -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf