[PATCH 4/5] dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst: mention the Source Directory

Antonin Godard
2025-12-24T16:24:52Z

After switching to the new definition of "Source Directory", i.e. the
base directory for your project (which used to be poky), mention it in
this document on manually setting up the layers for a project. As stated
in terms.rst, use "project" for the directory name.

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst
index bcda9d7e7..7ee084007 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,15 @@ release or a Long Term Support release.

Once you complete the setup instructions for your machine (see the
:doc:`/ref-manual/system-requirements` section of the Yocto Project Reference
-Manual), you need to get a copy of the different :term:`layers <Layer>` needed
+Manual), create a :term:`Source Directory`: the base directory for your project.
+We will name it ``project`` in the following sections:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ mkdir project
+ $ cd project
+
+You need to get a copy of the different :term:`layers <Layer>` needed
to setup the :term:`Poky` reference distribution on your build host. Use the
following commands:

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