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[v2,40/56] dev-manual/licenses.rst: instruct to use git-archive instead of removing .git

Message ID 20260127-remove-poky-references-v2-40-74bf80cc4e5a@bootlin.com
State New
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Series Remove obsolete poky repo references | expand

Commit Message

Antonin Godard Jan. 27, 2026, 8:19 a.m. UTC 
Removing .git directories is destructive. Instruct to use git archive
instead.

Suggested-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
index 1887e8e35..3d0167e75 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
@@ -465,12 +465,8 @@  layers are used to patch, compile, package, or modify (in any way)
 any open source software included in your released images, you might be
 required to release those layers under section 3 of GPLv2 or section 1
 of GPLv3. One way of doing that is with a clean checkout of the version
-of the Yocto Project and layers used during your build. Removing the Git
-objects can be done like so:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   $ find . -name ".git" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
+of the Yocto Project and layers used during your build. Archiving a Git
+repository can be done with the :manpage:`git-archive <git-archive(1)>` command.
 
 One thing a development organization might want to consider for end-user
 convenience is to modify