RE: Setting up nRF Connect SDK: Git clone vs West init

Heidi — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:09:38 GMT

Hi!

west init creates the .west directory with the config file inside, defining both the path to the manifest-repo and the Zephyr base, like this:

[manifest]
path = nrf
[zephyr]
base = zephyr

If you run

git clone https://github.com/NordicPlayground/fw-nrfconnect-nrf.git nrf
west init -l nrf
west update

it's the same as your second suggestion. The west init command will create a .west directory locally (-l) with a config file, where the manifest path is nrf.

Check out section 1.2 of the NCS tutorial for more information about west.

Best regards,

Heidi