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ref-manual: Provided an introductory text to the devtool ref. 

I put in some introductory material for the new devtool
quick reference chapter.

(From yocto-docs rev: dc46f47692a533ac2450bf459c098435c57e6c07)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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<chapter id='ref-devtool-reference'>
<title><filename>devtool</filename> Quick Reference</title>
<para>
The <filename>devtool</filename> command is pivotal when using an
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_SDK_URL;#sdk-extensible'>extensible SDK</ulink>.
This command-line tool provides a number of features that help you
build, test and package software within the extensible SDK, and
optionally integrate it into an image built by the OpenEmbedded build
system.
</para>
<para>
This chapter provides a Quick Reference for the
<filename>devtool</filename> command.
For more information on how to apply the command, see the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_SDK_URL;#sdk-extensible'>Using the Extensible SDK</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Software Development Kit (SDK) Developer's
Guide.
</para>
<section id='devtool-getting-help'>
<title>Getting Help</title>
<para>
The easiest way to get help with the
<filename>devtool</filename> command is using the
<filename>--help</filename> option:
The <filename>devtool</filename> command line is organized
similarly to Git in that it has a number of sub-commands for
each function.
You can run <filename>devtool --help</filename> to see all
the commands:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ devtool --help
usage: devtool [--basepath BASEPATH] [--bbpath BBPATH] [-d] [-q]
[--color COLOR] [-h]
&lt;subcommand&gt; ...
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The <filename>devtool status</filename> command has no
command-line options:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
devtool status
$ devtool status
</literallayout>
Following is sample output after using
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#devtool-adding-a-new-recipe-to-the-workspace'><filename>devtool add</filename></ulink>