<title>Cloning and Checking Out Branches</title>
<para>
- 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
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
in the Yocto Project documentation.
</para>
<para>
- You create your Source Directory by using
+ The preferred method of creating your Source Directory is by using
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_OM_URL;#git'>Git</ulink> to clone a local
copy of the upstream <filename>poky</filename> repository.
- <note><title>Tip</title>
- The preferred method of getting the Yocto Project Source
- Directory set up is to clone the repository.
- </note>
- 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