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| -rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.xml | 27 |
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.xml index 858054f2f2..f5031cfba7 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.xml @@ -574,12 +574,27 @@ <title>GIT Submodule Fetcher (<filename>gitsm://</filename>)</title> <para> - This fetcher inherits from the Git fetcher and extends its - behavior by fetching a repositories submodules. - Uri is passed to the Git fetcher so see <link linkend='git-fetcher'> - the git fetcher documentation for syntax</link>. - NOTE: You must clean a recipe when switching between 'git://' and - 'gitsm://' urls. + This fetcher submodule inherits from the + <link linkend='git-fetcher'>Git fetcher</link> and extends + that fetcher's behavior by fetching a repository's submodules. + URI is passed to the Git fetcher as described in the + "<link linkend='git-fetcher'>GIT Fetcher (<filename>git://</filename>)</link>" + section. + <note> + <title>Notes and Warnings</title> + <para> + You must clean a recipe when switching between + '<filename>git://</filename>' and + '<filename>gitsm://</filename>' URLs. + </para> + + <para> + The Git Submodules fetcher is not a complete fetcher + implementation. + The fetcher has known issues where it does not use the + normal source mirroring infrastructure properly. + </para> + </note> </para> </section> |