west don't compile post .git removal

[Bhumika]

Hi,

I have taken nrf_connect_sdk_v1.9.1 and build n=my application over it.

When I delete .git file from v1.9.1/zephyr/.git, then my west compilation don't occur.

It gives me following error:

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')

And If I restore zephyr/.git, then I don't face any compilation issue.

How can I remove git dependency from west compilation?

[Hakon]

Hello,

my impression was that west is reliant on git to work, but I could be wrong. Is there any reason you want to remove .git from the zephyr repository?

[Bhumika]

yes, I want all v1.9.1 directories in a single git repo, and make my changes over it in their libraries.

so my git repo cannot be formed with the existing git repo in the zephyr directory.

[Hakon]

If you want to merge the git repos into one I guess you could follow the instructions here. Otherwise I would recommend you read about the user workflows explained in the documentation for how to add your own code. Perhaps you can make your own fork of NCS or similar.