The Yocto Project team maintains complete source repositories for all Yocto Project files at http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi. This web-based source code browser is organized into categories by function such as IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Yocto Linux Kernel, and so forth. From the interface, you can click on any particular item in the "Name" column and see the URL at the bottom of the page that you need to clone a Git repository for that particular item. Having a local Git repository of the Source Directory, which is usually named "poky", allows you to make changes, contribute to the history, and ultimately enhance the Yocto Project's tools, Board Support Packages, and so forth.
For any supported release of Yocto Project, you can also go to the
Yocto Project Website and
select the "Downloads" tab and get a released tarball of the
poky repository or any supported BSP tarballs.
Unpacking these tarballs gives you a snapshot of the released
files.
Notes
The recommended method for setting up the Yocto Project Source Directory and the files for supported BSPs (e.g.,
meta-intel) is to use Git to create a local copy of the upstream repositories.Be sure to always work in matching branches for both the selected BSP repository and the Source Directory (i.e.
poky) repository. For example, if you have checked out the "master" branch ofpokyand you are going to usemeta-intel, be sure to checkout the "master" branch ofmeta-intel.
In summary, here is where you can get the project files needed for development:
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Source Repositories: This area contains IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Poky Support, Tools, Yocto Linux Kernel, and Yocto Metadata Layers. You can create local copies of Git repositories for each of these areas.
For steps on how to view and access these upstream Git repositories, see the "Accessing Source Repositories" Section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
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Index of /releases: This is an index of releases such as the Eclipse™ Yocto Plug-in, miscellaneous support, Poky, Pseudo, installers for cross-development toolchains, and all released versions of Yocto Project in the form of images or tarballs. Downloading and extracting these files does not produce a local copy of the Git repository but rather a snapshot of a particular release or image.
For steps on how to view and access these files, see the "Accessing Index of Releases" section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
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"Downloads" page for the Yocto Project Website:
This section will change due to reworking of the YP Website.
The Yocto Project website includes a "Downloads" tab that allows you to download any Yocto Project release and Board Support Package (BSP) in tarball form. The tarballs are similar to those found in the Index of /releases: area.
For steps on how to use the "Downloads" page, see the "Using the Downloads Page" section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.