[bitbake-devel] docs on git fetcher don't match actual code

[Robert P. J. Day]

  perusing the bitbake user manual earlier and the section on the git
fetch module doesn't sync up with the code.  from the user manual:

"The parameters are tag, protocol and scmdata. tag is a Git tag, the
default is ‘master’. protocol is the Git protocol to use and defaults
to ‘rsync’."

  however, in fetch2/git.py, one reads:

- protocol
   The method to use to access the repository. Common options are
   "git", "http", "file" and "rsync". The default is "git"


  and, finally, further down, there's the actual check for a valid
protocol:

    if not ud.proto in ('git', 'file', 'ssh', 'http', 'https'):
        raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("Invalid protocol type", ud.url)

which says nothing about "rsync" but lists "https" as a valid protocol
that's not mentioned higher up.  someone way higher up the food chain
is welcome to decide what should be clarified here.

rday

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