Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-12-12 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
Hello to all, After some time I sorted out some of the confusion about git tool. The tags I requested to be added to the repos, this could be done by using git clone, combined with git branch -a command and customized script (adding git tags), which could be added to additional configuration of

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
> I'm not sure what the request is here. To ask all the repository > maintainers *to add tags* so you don't return a fatal on git describe? Not quite. To add tags, yes, NOT for git describe (it is just a test). Rather for git log (using tags). Thank you, Zoran ___ On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Beth Flanagan
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:18 AM 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 >

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Nicolas Dechesne
hey Zoran! On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:01 PM Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > > > But again this is very different from the initial problem you are > > reporting, which is just a misunderstanding of git tags and commits. > > Nicolas, > > Your problem is that you are too emotional. Period. I clearly

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
> But again this is very different from the initial problem you are > reporting, which is just a misunderstanding of git tags and commits. Nicolas, Your problem is that you are too emotional. Period. I clearly explained what my problem is. For some YOCTO github repos, certain git commands DO NOT

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
OK, I rest my case. Seems, that I am the only one here using git describe, and git log using tags. Could be. ;-) Thank you all, Zoran ___ On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 1:53 PM Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > > > This is what your opinion is. Which seems to be vastly overestimating its > > own

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
> This is what your opinion is. Which seems to be vastly overestimating its own > importance. I do not think you understood what I am trying to advertise. The unification. In other words: If I use kernel.org, I use git tool. If I use YOCTO Poky, I would like to use git tool. For all YOCTO repos,

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Nicolas Dechesne
hey, On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 1:42 PM Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > > > What can you not do with Yocto's git repositories? > > Please, refer to my initial email. Not referring to Poky, I guess, the > Poky repo is equivalent to kernel.org. In other words, everything with > it can be done with git

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Burton, Ross
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 12:42, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > > What can you not do with Yocto's git repositories? > > Please, refer to my initial email. Not referring to Poky, I guess, the > Poky repo is equivalent to kernel.org. In other words, everything with > it can be done with git tool. > > I

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
> What can you not do with Yocto's git repositories? Please, refer to my initial email. Not referring to Poky, I guess, the Poky repo is equivalent to kernel.org. In other words, everything with it can be done with git tool. I am referring to many others, associated with github. Maybe it is ONLY

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Enrico Scholz
Zoran Stojsavljevic writes: > On the other note, repo is GOOGLE tool. Promoted by them. Most of the > ARM followers (such as Toradex) use repo tool. fwiw, I suggest to use just the plain 'git submodule'. It works perfectly to build a BSP and uses a native git workflow. E.g. look at

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Stefano Babic
Hi Zoran, On 28/11/18 12:00, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > Hello Stefano, > > I am (almost) perfectly aligned with kernel.org, and I (personally) > decided to use git. Since I start understanding importance of Linus. > Linux officers and their Linux philosophy. Each tool is thought to solve a

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Josef Holzmayr
Hello Zoran, On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:00:22PM +0100, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > I am (almost) perfectly aligned with kernel.org, and I (personally) > decided to use git. Since I start understanding importance of Linus. > Linux officers and their Linux philosophy. You are free to choose your

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Burton, Ross
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 11:22, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > Since with git I can do almost whatever with kernel.org (and > derivatives, all known distros) git... Very opposite to YOCTO. And I > like git, It is VERY powerful. Maybe I finally started to understand > the tool. What can you not do

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
Again, I see git as superior tool. But I can speak only in my name/this is only me. Since with git I can do almost whatever with kernel.org (and derivatives, all known distros) git... Very opposite to YOCTO. And I like git, It is VERY powerful. Maybe I finally started to understand the tool. AS

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Burton, Ross
Personally I don't see why there needs to be One Blessed Tool to manage keeping repositories in sync. There's lots of alternatives, none of them is obviously superior to the others, and none of them have any requirements on the repositories that they're managing. If you want a repository

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
Hello Stefano, I am (almost) perfectly aligned with kernel.org, and I (personally) decided to use git. Since I start understanding importance of Linus. Linux officers and their Linux philosophy. Now... Answers to your email. KAS (Siemens developed tool by Jan Kiszka and his crew) is the

Re: [yocto] Git tool/command problems with YOCTO Open Source repos

2018-11-28 Thread Stefano Babic
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 >