* [PATCH] doc: bitbake-user-manual-fetching: S should be set to WORKDIR/git for git fetcher
@ 2021-09-08 8:50 Quentin Schulz
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From: Quentin Schulz @ 2021-09-08 8:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: docs, bitbake-devel, Quentin Schulz
Document that S has to be set to "${WORKDIR}/git" in order for the
recipe to work if the git fetcher is fetching the main source of code
for the recipe.
Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@theobroma-systems.com>
---
doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
index 40b245b6d3..aad0700180 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ Here are some example URLs::
SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;tag=version-1"
SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;protocol=http"
+.. note::
+
+ When using ``git`` as the fetcher of the main source code of your software,
+ ``S`` should be set accordingly::
+
+ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
.. note::
Specifying passwords directly in ``git://`` urls is not supported.
--
2.31.1
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