built normally rather than from the workspace.
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$ devtool finish <replaceable>recipe layer</replaceable>
- </literallayout></para>
-
- <para>Part of the <filename>devtool finish</filename>
- command converts commits created using Git to patch files.
+ </literallayout>
<note>
Any changes you want to turn into patches must be
committed to the Git repository in the source tree.
<emphasis>Finish Your Work With the Recipe</emphasis>:
The <filename>devtool finish</filename> command creates
any patches corresponding to commits in the local
- Git repository and then resets the recipe so that the
- recipe is built normally rather than from the workspace.
+ Git repository, updates the recipe to point to them
+ (or creates a <filename>.bbappend</filename> file to do
+ so, depending on the specified destination layer), and
+ then resets the recipe so that the recipe is built normally
+ rather than from the workspace.
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ devtool finish <replaceable>recipe layer</replaceable>
- </literallayout></para>
-
- <para>Part of the <filename>devtool finish</filename>
- command converts commits created using Git to patch files.
+ </literallayout>
<note>
Any changes you want to turn into patches must be
committed to the Git repository in the source tree.