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documentation/dev-manual: Edits to clarify YP files

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These edits help explain the differences between local YP files
created through a tarball extraction vs cloning a Git repository.

(From yocto-docs rev: ed368800c3e9ece71d27d6d690f0ddc264a4c2da)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2012-02-02 14:18:55 -06:00
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by the maintainer of the source code.
For example, in order for a developer to work on a particular piece of code, they need to
first get a copy of it from an "upstream" source.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Yocto Project Files:</emphasis>
This term refers to the directory structure created as a result of downloading
<listitem><para id='yocto-project-files'><emphasis>Yocto Project Files:</emphasis>
This term refers to the directory structure created as a result of either downloading
and unpacking a Yocto Project release tarball or setting up a Git repository
by cloning <filename>git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky</filename>.
Sometimes the term "the Yocto Project Files structure" is used as well.</para>
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@
results in a Yocto Project file structure whose Yocto Project source directory is named
<filename>poky-edison-6.0</filename>.
If you create a Git repository, then you can name the repository anything you like.</para>
<para>It is important to understand the differences between Yocto Project Files created
by unpacking a release tarball as compared to cloning
<filename>git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky</filename>.
When you unpack a tarball, you have an exact copy of the files based on the time of
release - a fixed release point.
Any changes you make to your local Yocto Project files are on top of the release.
On the otherhand, when you clone the Yocto Project Git repository, you have an
active development repository.
In this case, any local changes you make to the Yocto Project can be later applied to active
development branches of the upstream Yocto Project Git repository.</para>
<para>You can find instruction on how to set up the Yocto Project files on your
host development system by reading
the