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-rw-r--r--doc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/first-project/project.conf2
-rw-r--r--doc/sessions/junctions.run10
-rw-r--r--doc/source/advanced-features/junction-elements.rst76
-rw-r--r--doc/source/developing/workspaces.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/source/junctions/junction-elements.rst92
-rw-r--r--doc/source/junctions/junction-workspaces.rst51
-rw-r--r--doc/source/main_glossary.rst7
-rw-r--r--doc/source/main_using.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/source/using_advanced_features.rst13
-rw-r--r--doc/source/using_junctions.rst13
11 files changed, 177 insertions, 97 deletions
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index ba8934bde..a7150e6d7 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ html devhelp: templates sessions badges
$(SPHINXBUILD) -b $@ $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) "$(BUILDDIR)/$@" \
$(wildcard source/*.rst) \
$(wildcard source/tutorial/*.rst) \
- $(wildcard source/advanced-features/*.rst) \
+ $(wildcard source/junctions/*.rst) \
$(wildcard source/examples/*.rst) \
$(wildcard source/elements/*.rst) \
$(wildcard source/sources/*.rst) \
diff --git a/doc/examples/first-project/project.conf b/doc/examples/first-project/project.conf
index 2e3d086b1..f66376146 100644
--- a/doc/examples/first-project/project.conf
+++ b/doc/examples/first-project/project.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
name: first-project
# Required BuildStream format version
-format-version: 18
+format-version: 25
# Subdirectory where elements are stored
element-path: elements
diff --git a/doc/sessions/junctions.run b/doc/sessions/junctions.run
index fc9014203..b03b06a15 100644
--- a/doc/sessions/junctions.run
+++ b/doc/sessions/junctions.run
@@ -10,11 +10,19 @@ commands:
output: ../source/sessions/junctions-shell.html
command: shell callHello.bst -- /bin/sh callHello.sh
+# Open a workspace on the junction:
+- directory: ../examples/junctions
+ output: ../source/sessions/junctions-workspace-open-subproject.html
+ command: workspace open --directory workspace_subproject hello-junction.bst
+
# Open a crossJunction workspace:
- directory: ../examples/junctions
output: ../source/sessions/junctions-workspace-open.html
command: workspace open --directory workspace_hello hello-junction.bst:hello.bst
-# Remove the workspace
+# Remove the workspaces
+- directory: ../examples/junctions
+ command: workspace close --remove-dir hello-junction.bst
+
- directory: ../examples/junctions
command: workspace close --remove-dir hello-junction.bst:hello.bst
diff --git a/doc/source/advanced-features/junction-elements.rst b/doc/source/advanced-features/junction-elements.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bdc962fb..000000000
--- a/doc/source/advanced-features/junction-elements.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-
-
-.. _advanced_junction:
-
-Junction elements
-=================
-BuildStream's junction elements are used to import other BuildStream
-projects. This allows you to depend on elements that are part of an
-upstream project.
-
-
-A simple example
-----------------
-
-.. note::
-
- This example is distributed with BuildStream in the
- `doc/examples/junctions <https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/tree/master/doc/examples/junctions>`_
- subdirectory.
-
-Below is a simple example of bst file for a junction element:
-
-.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/junctions/elements/hello-junction.bst
- :language: yaml
-
-This element imports the autotools example subproject found in the
-BuildStream doc/examples/junctions/autotools subdirectory.
-
-.. note::
-
- While for this example we're using a local source, another common use-case,
- for junction elements is including a remote, version contolled project,
- having a source type such as `-kind: git`.
-
-The below bst file describes an element which depends on the hello.bst element
-from the autotools example:
-
-.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/junctions/elements/callHello.bst
- :language: yaml
-
-This element consists of a script which calls hello.bst's hello command.
-
-Building callHello.bst,
-
-.. raw:: html
- :file: ../sessions/junctions-build.html
-
-You can see that the hello.bst element and its dependencies from the autotools
-project have been build as part of the pipeline for callHello.bst.
-
-We can now invoke `bst shell`
-
-.. raw:: html
- :file: ../sessions/junctions-shell.html
-
-This runs the script files/callHello.sh which will makes use of the hello command from the hello.bst element in the autotools project.
-
-
-Cross-junction workspaces
--------------------------
-You can open workspaces for elements in the project refered to by the junction
-using the syntax `bst open ${junction-name}:{element-name}`. In this example,
-
-.. raw:: html
- :file: ../sessions/junctions-workspace-open.html
-
-This has opened a workspace for the hello.bst element from the autotools project.
-This workspace can now be used as normal.
-
-
-Further reading
----------------
-For an example of junction elements being used in a real project, take a look
-at the `freedesktop-sdk junction
-<https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/blob/master/elements/freedesktop-sdk.bst>`_
-in the `gnome-build-meta <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta>`_ project.
diff --git a/doc/source/developing/workspaces.rst b/doc/source/developing/workspaces.rst
index e4ad66da8..2413c56ff 100644
--- a/doc/source/developing/workspaces.rst
+++ b/doc/source/developing/workspaces.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
Workspaces
==========
-In this section we will cover the use of BuildStream's workspaces feature when devloping on a
-BuildStream project.
+In this section we will cover the use of BuildStream's workspaces feature when
+devloping a BuildStream project.
.. note::
diff --git a/doc/source/junctions/junction-elements.rst b/doc/source/junctions/junction-elements.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8de3d5361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/junctions/junction-elements.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+
+
+.. _junction_elements:
+
+Junction elements
+=================
+BuildStream's :mod:`junction <elements.junction>` elements are the mechanism which
+allow projects to interact and depend on eachother.
+
+Junction elements represent the BuildStream project you are depending, and behave
+much like other elements in the sense that they can be :ref:`fetched <invoking_source_fetch>`
+and :ref:`tracked <invoking_source_track>` like other elements, except that regular
+elements cannot *depend* on junctions directly, nor can junctions be :ref:`built <invoking_build>`.
+Instead, junctions act like a window into another project you depend on, and allow
+elements of your project to depend on elements exposed by the project referenced by
+the junction.
+
+Projects which are junctioned by your project are referred to as *subprojects*.
+
+
+A simple example
+----------------
+
+.. note::
+
+ This example is distributed with BuildStream in the
+ `doc/examples/junctions <https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/tree/master/doc/examples/junctions>`_
+ subdirectory.
+
+Below is a simple example of bst file for the junction element, which
+we have called ``hello-junction.bst`` in this project:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/junctions/elements/hello-junction.bst
+ :language: yaml
+
+This element imports the autotools example subproject distributed with BuildStream
+in the `doc/examples/junctions/autotools <https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/tree/master/doc/examples/junctions/autotools>`_
+subdirectory.
+
+.. note::
+
+ For the sake of this example we are using a local source in a subdirectory
+ of the example project.
+
+ Since junctions allow interoperability of projects, it would be more common
+ to use a junction to a remote project under separate revision control, possibly
+ using a ``kind: git`` source.
+
+The below bst file describes the element ``callHello.bst``, which depends on the
+``hello.bst`` element from the autotools example:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/junctions/elements/callHello.bst
+ :language: yaml
+
+Note how this element refers to the previously declared ``hello-junction.bst``
+junction in its :ref:`dependency dictionary <format_dependencies>`. This dependency
+expresses that we are depending on the ``hello.bst`` element in the project
+which ``hello-junction.bst`` refers to.
+
+The ``callHello.bst`` element simply imports a ``callHello.sh`` shell script which
+calls the hello command provided by ``hello.bst``:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/junctions/files/callHello.sh
+ :language: shell
+
+
+Building and running
+--------------------
+Building the ``callHello.bst`` element which requires an external project
+is just a matter of invoking :ref:`bst build <invoking_build>` in the
+regular way:
+
+.. raw:: html
+ :file: ../sessions/junctions-build.html
+
+You can see that the hello.bst element and its dependencies from the autotools
+project have been built as a part of the pipeline for callHello.bst.
+
+We can now invoke :ref:`bst shell <invoking_shell>` and run our ``callHello.sh``
+script, which in turn also calls the ``hello`` program installed by the
+subproject's ``hello.bst`` element.
+
+.. raw:: html
+ :file: ../sessions/junctions-shell.html
+
+
+Further reading
+---------------
+For an example of junction elements being used in a real project, take a look
+at the `freedesktop-sdk junction
+<https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/blob/master/elements/freedesktop-sdk.bst>`_
+in the `gnome-build-meta <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta>`_ project.
diff --git a/doc/source/junctions/junction-workspaces.rst b/doc/source/junctions/junction-workspaces.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9176063c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/junctions/junction-workspaces.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+
+.. _junction_workspaces:
+
+Workspaces and subprojects
+==========================
+When developping a project with :mod:`junctions <elements.junction>` and
+subprojects, you will probably end up needing to work on the subprojects
+as well.
+
+Opening :ref:`workspaces <developing_workspaces>` works mostly in the
+same way as it does with subprojects as it does for elements directly
+in your own project.
+
+.. note::
+
+ This section runs commands on the same example project presented in the
+ :ref:`previous section <junction_elements>`, which is distributed with BuildStream in the
+ `doc/examples/junctions <https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/tree/master/doc/examples/junctions>`_
+ subdirectory.
+
+
+Workspacing a junction
+----------------------
+Sometimes you need to work on the elements declared in a subproject
+directly. As the downstream consumer of a junctioned project, it makes
+sense that you might need to work on that project as well in order
+to satisfy the needs of your downstream project.
+
+You can easily work on your subproject by :ref:`opening a workspace <invoking_workspace_open>`
+on the junction element directly.
+
+.. raw:: html
+ :file: ../sessions/junctions-workspace-open-subproject.html
+
+After opening a workspace on the junction element, the open workspace
+is used to define the subproject, allowing you to make changes to
+how the subproject is built, add new dependencies and configure the
+subproject in any way.
+
+
+Cross-junction workspaces
+-------------------------
+You can open workspaces for elements in the project refered to by the junction
+using the syntax ``bst open ${junction-name}:{element-name}``. In this example,
+
+.. raw:: html
+ :file: ../sessions/junctions-workspace-open.html
+
+This has opened a workspace for the hello.bst element from the autotools project.
+This workspace can now be used as normal.
diff --git a/doc/source/main_glossary.rst b/doc/source/main_glossary.rst
index a2bb58540..fb9506c7f 100644
--- a/doc/source/main_glossary.rst
+++ b/doc/source/main_glossary.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Glossary
See :mod:`Junction reference <elements.junction>` for details on how to
configure junction elements.
- See :ref:`Junction guide <advanced_junction>` for details on how to use
+ See :ref:`Junction guide <junction_elements>` for details on how to use
junction elements.
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ Glossary
:term:`Element <Element>` configuration.
+ Subproject
+ Subprojects are :term:`projects <Project>` which are referred
+ to by a :term:`Junction`.
+
+
Workspace
Workspaces allow building one or more elements using a local, and
potentially modified, copy of their sources.
diff --git a/doc/source/main_using.rst b/doc/source/main_using.rst
index 48553087c..067e7bb16 100644
--- a/doc/source/main_using.rst
+++ b/doc/source/main_using.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ guides and information on user preferences and configuration.
using_tutorial
using_developing
- using_advanced_features
- using_examples
+ using_junctions
using_config
using_commands
using_configuring_cache_server
+ using_examples
diff --git a/doc/source/using_advanced_features.rst b/doc/source/using_advanced_features.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 585b3573c..000000000
--- a/doc/source/using_advanced_features.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-
-
-Advanced features
-=================
-This section provides some step by step walkthroughs which are meant to help the
-user quickly get more familiar with some of BuildStream's more advanced
-features.
-
-.. toctree::
- :numbered:
- :maxdepth: 1
-
- advanced-features/junction-elements
diff --git a/doc/source/using_junctions.rst b/doc/source/using_junctions.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85f1638b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/using_junctions.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+
+Combining projects
+==================
+This section covers the features which allow BuildStream projects to
+depend on eachother.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :numbered:
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ junctions/junction-elements
+ junctions/junction-workspaces