Bug 14493 - BB_GIT_SHALLOW is not documented
Summary: BB_GIT_SHALLOW is not documented
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BitBake User Manual
Classification: Documentation
Component: bitbake-manual (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 4.3 M1
Assignee: Michael Opdenacker
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Reported: 2021-07-29 09:47 UTC by Richard Purdie
Modified: 2023-04-28 16:07 UTC (History)
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Documentation change: Yes (doc changes required)

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Description Richard Purdie 2021-07-29 09:47:02 UTC 
Some of the information here:

https://www.openembedded.org/pipermail/bitbake-devel/2017-May/008640.html

should be added to the bitbake manual in the git fetcher section.
Comment 1 Paul Barker 2021-08-13 15:35:04 UTC 
Patch sent to the docs list: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/topic/patch_ref_manual_document/84865622
Comment 2 Michael Opdenacker 2021-10-21 15:39:44 UTC 
Adopting this bug, not so much left to complete it
(send it to the right list for inclusion in BitBake documentation)
Comment 3 Michael Opdenacker 2021-10-21 16:39:35 UTC 
Patch updated according to feedback and sent to the bitbake-devel mailing list:
https://lists.openembedded.org/g/bitbake-devel/message/12811
https://lists.openembedded.org/g/bitbake-devel/message/12812
Comment 4 Randy MacLeod 2022-04-13 20:43:52 UTC 
Medium+ issues should pick a milestone so I picked M1 arbitrarily Michael.
Comment 5 Michael Opdenacker 2023-04-28 16:07:43 UTC 
This variable is now described in the BitBake manual.
Closing the bug.