Yocto Fetcher

Standalone tool which fetches upstream source repositories to Yocto Bitbake compatible source archives.

Usage

yoctofetcher --help shows all arguments.

# Creates a source tarball of the given repository in the current directory
$ yoctofetcher https://github.com/jhnc-oss/yocto-fetcher.git

Setup

Installation and update of this package using a Python package manager is recommended (ie. pip, pipx). Please refer to the package manager documentation for detailed instructions.

Remote installation:

# pip
pip install git+https://github.com/jhnc-oss/yocto-fetcher.git

# pipx
pipx install git+https://github.com/jhnc-oss/yocto-fetcher.git

Append @<Tag> to install a specific release (ie. …/yocto-fetcher.git@v0.0.8).

Local installation:

Clone this repository and run install in it:

# pip
pip install .

# pipx
pipx install .