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[v4,2/2] doc: bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables: document BB_USE_HOME_NPMRC

Message ID 20250227223436.28224-3-eric.meyers@arthrex.com
State Accepted, archived
Commit d5562e007c7c64e8613a118ab9a6c73ed2063263
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Series NPM Fetcher Private Registry Authentication Support: | expand

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Eric Meyers Feb. 27, 2025, 10:34 p.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Eric Meyers <eric.meyers@arthrex.com>
Cc: Geoff Parker <geoffrey.parker@arthrex.com>
Cc: Chuck Wolber <chuckwolber@gmail.com>
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 .../bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst                   | 6 ++++++
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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 858de6347..00300d0d8 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -692,6 +692,12 @@  overview of their function and contents.
       Within an executing task, this variable holds the hash of the task as
       returned by the currently enabled signature generator.
 
+   :term:`BB_USE_HOME_NPMRC`
+      Controls whether or not BitBake uses the user's .npmrc file within their
+      home directory within the npm fetcher. This can be used for authentication
+      of private NPM registries, among other uses. This is turned off by default
+      and requires the user to explicitly set it to "1" to enable.
+
    :term:`BB_VERBOSE_LOGS`
       Controls how verbose BitBake is during builds. If set, shell scripts
       echo commands and shell script output appears on standard out