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diff --git a/buildstream/element.py b/buildstream/element.py index 90cdec640..832f0dd93 100644 --- a/buildstream/element.py +++ b/buildstream/element.py @@ -1850,6 +1850,18 @@ class Element(Plugin): for dep in self.dependencies(Scope.ALL): dep._set_log_handle(logfile, False) + # Returns the element whose sources this element is ultimately derived from. + # + # This is intended for being used to redirect commands that operate on an + # element to the element whose sources it is ultimately derived from. + # + # For example, element A is a build element depending on source foo, + # element B is a filter element that depends on element A. The source + # element of B is A, since B depends on A, and A has sources. + # + def _get_source_element(self): + return self + ############################################################# # Private Local Methods # ############################################################# |