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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml: More edits to layer 

Layer section review comments from Paul Eggleton added.

(From yocto-docs rev: a536fe1635dbe9157e86995e7a78568e41a75957)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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The <filename>LAYERDIR</filename> variable expands to the directory of the current layer and
requires the immediate expansion operator so that BitBake does not wait to expand the variable
when it's parsing a different directory.</para>
<para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename> environment variable,
<para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename> variable,
BitBake locates <filename>.bbclass</filename> files, configuration
files, and files that are included with <filename>include</filename>
and <filename>require</filename> statements.
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Use <filename>.bbappend</filename> files for each recipe that uses an include
file.
Or, if you are introducing a new recipe that requires the inc file, use the
full path to refer to the original.
path relative to the original layer directory to refer to the file.
For example, use <filename>require recipes-core/somepackage/somefile.inc</filename>
instead of <filename>require somefile.inc</filename>.
If you're finding you have to overlay the include file, it could indicate a
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We also recommend the following:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Store custom layers in a Git repository that uses the
<filename>meta-prvt-XXXX</filename> format.</para></listitem>
<filename>meta-&lt;layer_name&gt;</filename> format.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Clone the repository alongside other <filename>meta</filename>
directories in the Yocto Project source files area.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>