However, <filename>devtool</filename> does not provide a
specific command that allows you to do this.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Optionally Update the Recipe With Patch Files</emphasis>:
- Once you are satisfied with the recipe, if you have made
- any changes to the source tree that you want to have
- applied by the recipe, you need to generate patches
- from those changes.
- You do this before moving the recipe
- to its final layer and cleaning up the workspace area
- <filename>devtool</filename> uses.
- This optional step is especially relevant if you are
- using or adding third-party software.</para>
- <para>To convert commits created using Git to patch files,
- use the <filename>devtool update-recipe</filename> command.
+ <listitem><para>
+ <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, moves the new recipe to a more permanent
+ 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.
<note>
Any changes you want to turn into patches must be
committed to the Git repository in the source tree.
+ </note></para>
+
+ <para>As mentioned, the <filename>devtool finish</filename>
+ command moves the final recipe to its permanent layer.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>As a final process of the
+ <filename>devtool finish</filename> command, the state
+ of the standard layers and the upstream source is
+ restored so that you can build the recipe from those
+ areas rather than the workspace.
+ <note>
+ You can use the <filename>devtool reset</filename>
+ command to put things back should you decide you
+ do not want to proceed with your work.
+ If you do use this command, realize that the source
+ tree is preserved.
</note>
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ devtool update-recipe <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>
- </literallayout>
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Move the Recipe to its Permanent Layer</emphasis>:
- Before cleaning up the workspace, you need to move the
- final recipe to its permanent layer.
- You must do this before using the
- <filename>devtool reset</filename> command if you want to
- retain the recipe.
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Reset the Recipe</emphasis>:
- As a final step, you can restore the state such that
- standard layers and the upstream source is used to build
- the recipe rather than data in the workspace.
- To reset the recipe, use the <filename>devtool reset</filename>
- command:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ devtool reset <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>
- </literallayout>
</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
However, <filename>devtool</filename> does not provide a
specific command that allows you to do this.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Optionally Create Patch Files for Your Changes</emphasis>:
- After you have debugged your changes, you can
- use <filename>devtool update-recipe</filename> to
- generate patch files for all the commits you have
- made.
- <note>
- Patch files are generated only for changes
- you have committed.
- </note>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <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.
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ devtool update-recipe <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>
- </literallayout>
- By default, the
- <filename>devtool update-recipe</filename> command
- creates the patch files in a folder named the same
- as the recipe beneath the folder in which the recipe
- resides, and updates the recipe's
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
- statement to point to the generated patch files.
+ $ 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.
+ <note>
+ Any changes you want to turn into patches must be
+ committed to the Git repository in the source tree.
+ </note></para>
+
+ <para>Because there is no need to move the recipe,
+ <filename>devtool finish</filename> either updates the
+ original recipe in the original layer or the command
+ creates a <filename>.bbappend</filename> in a different
+ layer as provided by <replaceable>layer</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>As a final process of the
+ <filename>devtool finish</filename> command, the state
+ of the standard layers and the upstream source is
+ restored so that you can build the recipe from those
+ areas rather than the workspace.
<note>
- You can use the
- "--append <replaceable>LAYERDIR</replaceable>"
- option to cause the command to create append files
- in a specific layer rather than the default
- recipe layer.
+ You can use the <filename>devtool reset</filename>
+ command to put things back should you decide you
+ do not want to proceed with your work.
+ If you do use this command, realize that the source
+ tree is preserved.
</note>
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Restore the Workspace</emphasis>:
- The <filename>devtool reset</filename> restores the
- state so that standard layers and upstream sources are
- used to build the recipe rather than what is in the
- workspace.
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ devtool reset <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>
- </literallayout>
- </para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</section>
Binary package (i.e. "-b" option)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Node.js module through
- <filename>npm</filename>
+ Node.js module
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Python modules that use <filename>setuptools</filename>
<title>Adding Node.js Modules</title>
<para>
- You can use the <filename>devtool add</filename> command in the
- following form to add Node.js modules:
+ You can use the <filename>devtool add</filename> command two
+ different ways to add Node.js modules: 1) Through
+ <filename>npm</filename> and, 2) from a repository or local
+ source.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Use the following form to add Node.js modules through
+ <filename>npm</filename>:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ devtool add "npm://registry.npmjs.org;name=forever;version=0.15.1"
</literallayout>
</itemizedlist>
</note>
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ As mentioned earlier, you can also add Node.js modules
+ directly from a repository or local source tree.
+ To add modules this way, use <filename>devtool add</filename> in
+ the following form:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ devtool add https://github.com/diversario/node-ssdp
+ </literallayout>
+ In this example, <filename>devtool</filename> fetches the specified
+ Git repository, detects that the code is Node.js code, fetches
+ dependencies using <filename>npm</filename>, and sets
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
+ accordingly.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>