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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# This file was copied from poky(or oe-core)/scripts/oe-setup-layers by running
+#
+# bitbake-layers create-layers-setup destdir
+#
+# It is recommended that you do not modify this file directly, but rather re-run the above command to get the freshest upstream copy.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+def _do_checkout(args, json):
+    layers = json['sources']
+    buildconfs = []
+    oecorepath = ""
+    for l_name in layers:
+        l_data = layers[l_name]
+        layerdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(args['destdir'], l_data['path']))
+
+        for ll_name in l_data['layers']:
+            if ll_name == 'meta':
+                oecorepath = layerdir
+            ll_data = l_data['layers'][ll_name]
+            if 'buildconfigs' in ll_data:
+                for c in ll_data['buildconfigs']:
+                    buildconfs.append(os.path.join(layerdir, ll_data['subpath'], c))
+
+        if 'contains_this_file' in l_data.keys():
+            force_arg = 'force_bootstraplayer_checkout'
+            if not args[force_arg]:
+                print('Note: not checking out source {layer}, use {layerflag} to override.'.format(layer=l_name, layerflag='--force-bootstraplayer-checkout'))
+                continue
+        l_remote = l_data['git-remote']
+        rev = l_remote['rev']
+        desc = l_remote['describe']
+        if not desc:
+            desc = rev[:10]
+        branch = l_remote['branch']
+        remotes = l_remote['remotes']
+
+        print('\nSetting up source {}, revision {}, branch {}'.format(l_name, desc, branch))
+        cmd = 'git init -q {}'.format(layerdir)
+        print("Running '{}'".format(cmd))
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, shell=True)
+
+        for remote in remotes:
+            cmd = "git remote remove {} > /dev/null 2>&1; git remote add {} {}".format(remote, remote, remotes[remote]['uri'])
+            print("Running '{}' in {}".format(cmd, layerdir))
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, shell=True, cwd=layerdir)
+
+            cmd = "git fetch -q {} || true".format(remote)
+            print("Running '{}' in {}".format(cmd, layerdir))
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, shell=True, cwd=layerdir)
+
+        cmd = 'git checkout -q {}'.format(rev)
+        print("Running '{}' in {}".format(cmd, layerdir))
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd, text=True, shell=True, cwd=layerdir)
+
+
+    print("\nAvailable build configurations:\n{}\n".format("\n".join(buildconfs)))
+    print("You can set up a build with:\nTEMPLATECONF=one/of/the/above . {}/oe-init-build-env".format(oecorepath))
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="A self contained python script that fetches all the needed layers and sets them to correct revisions using data in a json format from a separate file. The json data can be created from an active build directory with 'bitbake-layers create-layers-setup destdir' and there's a sample file and a schema in meta/files/")
+
+parser.add_argument('--force-bootstraplayer-checkout', action='store_true',
+        help='Force the checkout of the layer containing this file (by default it is presumed that as this script is in it, the layer is already in place).')
+
+try:
+    defaultdest = os.path.dirname(subprocess.check_output('git rev-parse --show-toplevel', text=True, shell=True, cwd=os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+    defaultdest = os.path.abspath(".")
+
+parser.add_argument('--destdir', default=defaultdest, help='Where to check out the layers (default is {defaultdest}).'.format(defaultdest=defaultdest))
+parser.add_argument('--jsondata', default=__file__+".json", help='File containing the layer data in json format (default is {defaultjson}).'.format(defaultjson=__file__+".json"))
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+with open(args.jsondata) as f:
+    json = json.load(f)
+
+_do_checkout(vars(args), json)