[yocto] Using stable releases from git

[jfabernathy]

On 01/30/2012 11:38 PM, Joshua Lock wrote:
> On 30/01/12 15:32, jfabernathy wrote:
>> On 01/30/2012 06:15 PM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>> On 30/01/12 15:05, jfabernathy wrote:
>>>> On 01/30/2012 05:58 PM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>>>> It's beginning to sound like we've caught some folks off guard by
>>>>> pushing changes to the edison branch of the poky repository in
>>>>> preparation for an upcoming edison point release.
>>>>>
>>>>> The named branches are development branches for the release, stable
>>>>> release development will be done in the named branch and we can't
>>>>> guarantee they will be issue free (though we intend them to be where
>>>>> possible).
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're looking to use a git checkout which matches the release
>>>>> tarballs you should checkout the tags for the releases. i.e. for Poky
>>>>> Edison-6.0/Yocto 1.1:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tag/?id=edison-6.0
>>>>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-intel/tag/?id=edison-6.0 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> So instead of doing:
>>>>
>>>> git checkout -b edison origin/edison
>>>>
>>>> what should I do if I want to stay in sync with the tarball. This may
>>>> just be a doc problem.
>>>
>>> I'd do:
>>>
>>> git fetch --tags
>>> git checkout edison-6.0
>>>
>>> Then when a new tarball comes out, you'd repeat with the new tag name.
>>>
>>
>> We I just tried that and it crashed a lot quicker. I'll just stick to
>> the tarballs until this is all sorted out.
>
> Are you using an appropriate tag (or branch) of meta-intel? The master 
> branch of meta-intel with the bernard tag of poky will fail to parse 
> because some of the recipes being appended to in meta-intel have 
> changed names.
>
Can you explain the branch vs. tag as Yocto uses it?  most of the help 
on git checkout refers to branch, where we are talking using a tag 
name.  In Yocto what is the difference?
> Cheers,
> Joshua