Meta-Helper is a versatile command-line tool designed to streamline workflows in Yocto-based development environments. With features like intelligent recipe searching, editing, and automated tasks, Meta-Helper is here to save time and improve productivity.

The infrastructure adopted by meta-helper assumes the following directory layout:

<project>
    |──.git
    |──.gitmodules
    |──<build dir>
    |──setup-environment
    |──sources
    |    |──<meta-layer1>
    |    |──<meta-layer2>
    |    |──<meta-layer3>
    |    └──<meta-layer4>
    |──poky
    └──meta-openembedded

<project> is the root directory of the project you'll be working on. In it you'll initially find a setup-environment script, which is supposed to be source'd to set up the environment and will create <build dir>, and a sources directory, under which the source code of all projects (git repositories as submodules) will be stored.

The directory layout in the <build dir> directory follows the standard layout as determined by the Yocto Project.

• Layer status: Quickly checks the layer is up-to-date with upstream repo or not.
• Interactive Search: Quickly find and filter recipes in your Yocto sources directory with flexible patterns.
• Editor Integration: Edit files directly in your favorite editor (nvim, vim, or any editor configured in $EDITOR).
• Spinner Animation: Enjoy a sleek, animated loading spinner while tasks are running in the background.
• Error Handling: Comprehensive error detection and user-friendly messages for seamless operation.
• oelint-adv parsing: Added support to run oelint-adv linter and quickly fix some common errors for specified recipe.

Download the script directly:

curl -o meta-helper https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prashantdivate/meta-helper/master/meta-helper

chmod +x meta-helper

./meta-helper

Meta-Helper uses nvim as the default editor. To change this, set the EDITOR environment variable to your preferred editor:

export EDITOR=vim

Modify the script's find_files function to adjust the search logic or file patterns based on your needs.

1. Layer status
   

2. finding file/recipe/patch/systemd-service

🌕 finding the file
[0] /home/prashant/test/recipes-connectivity/mosquitto-plugin/mosquitto-plugin.bb
[1] /home/prashant/test/recipes-connectivity/mosquitto/mosquitto_%.bbappend

Option (ENTER to cancel): 1

[v] View
[e] Edit
[o] Run oelint-adv
Option (ENTER to cancel): e
🌕 working...

• Python 3.6 or higher
• Modules: subprocess, threading (both included in Python standard library).

Meta-Helper is open-sourced under the MIT License.

We welcome contributions to improve Meta-Helper! Feel free to fork the repository, create a branch, and submit a pull request.

Guidelines

• Test all changes before submission.
• Update documentation if adding new features.