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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual-fetching.xml: Added new Git Submodule Fetcher section. 

Added the "GIT Submodule Fetcher (gitsm://)" section to the
fetchers chapter.  This information was provided by Chris
Morgan.

Reported-by: Chris Morgan <chmorgan@gmail.com>
(Bitbake rev: a3a3331e7118fd3139fe5a80b157a5a5b38631de)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2014-05-19 14:49:56 +03:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<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>