Hi Zoran, On 28/11/18 10:17, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > Hello YOCTO people, > > I would like to use standard git tool while using all the Yocto > layers. NOT only Poky repository (which, I believe, works all the way > with git tools), but as much as possible with other github proprietary > repos and layers. Since I am not able to execute git commands using > some number of proprietary repos over github. > > As example, I'll use meta-bbb repository. > https://github.com/jumpnow/meta-bbb.git, after cloning the following > happens (chosen, since it has at least dozen of branches): > > After cloning, I did not get anything from the following commands, > being in the root of the meta-bbb repo, namely: > > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ pwd > /home/user/projects2/beaglebone-black/yocto-master/meta-bbb > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ git describe > fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.
I understand, but why is this an issue in Yocto project ? The maintainer does not use tags and git describe is fast useless. You should contact layer's maintainer and ask for that. Anyway, outside poky, tags are quite unused in layers. > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ git tag > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ git checkout thud > Branch 'thud' set up to track remote branch 'thud' from 'origin'. > Switched to a new branch 'thud' > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ git checkout sumo > Switched to branch 'sumo' > Your branch is up to date with 'origin/sumo'. > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ git describe > fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything. > [user@fedora28-ssd meta-bbb]$ > > The rationale behind this request: git is the powerful tool which > should work and be solely used for YOCTO layers' synchronization. In > other words, YOCTO should give some tools' (namely git) unification > guidelines in some way. :-) It is clear that a tool to maintain the layers in sync is required, but it is quite independent how the layers (and many are proprietary layers) are built. So you can use "repo" or "kas" (my preferred one) for that. Best regards, Stefano Babic -- ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-53 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: sba...@denx.de ===================================================================== -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
