Tools for working with Chromium development. It requires python 2.7.
The most important tools are:
fetch: Agclientwrapper to checkout a project. Usefetch --helpfor more details.gclient: A meta-checkout tool. Think repo or git submodules, except that it support OS-specific rules, e.g. do not checkout Windows only dependencies when checking out for Android. Usegclient helpfor more details and README.gclient.md.git cl: A code review tool to interact with Rietveld or Gerrit. Usegit cl helpfor more details and README.git-cl.md.roll-dep: A gclient dependency management tool to submit a dep roll, updating a dependency to a newer revision.
There are a lot of git utilities included.
depot_tools updates itself automatically when running gclient tool. To
disable auto update, set the environment variable DEPOT_TOOLS_UPDATE=0.
To update package manually, run update_depot_tools.bat on Windows,
or ./update_depot_tools on Linux or Mac.
On Windows only, running gclient will install git and python.
To contribute change for review:
git new-branch <somename>
# Hack
git add .
git commit -a -m "Fixes goat teleporting"
# find reviewers
git cl owners
git log -- <yourfiles>
# Request a review.
git cl upload -r [email protected],[email protected] --send-mail
# Edit change description if needed.
git cl desc
# If change is approved, flag it to be committed.
git cl set-commit
# If change needs more work.
git rebase-update
...
git cl upload -t "Fixes goat teleporter destination to be Australia"
See also open bugs, open reviews, forum or report problems.
To update cpplint.py, please submit the change upstream first at https://github.com/google/styleguide/tree/gh-pages/cpplint then copy it down.