depot_tools

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This package contains tools for working with Chromium development.

The "gclient" wrapper knows how to keep this repository updated to the latest versions of these tools as found at:

http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/tools/depot_tools

This package contains:

chrome-update-create-task.bat Creates a scheduled task to do an automatic local chromium build every day.

cpplint.py A copy of our linting tool which enforces Google style. Fetched from http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cpplint/cpplint.py

gcl A tool for uploading and managing code reviews on the Chromium project, using the Rietveld code review tool. More info at: http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/

gclient A script for managing a workspace with modular dependencies that are each checked out independently from different repositories. More info at: http://code.google.com/p/gclient/

hammer A wrapper script for building Chromium with the SCons software construction tool. More info at: http://www.scons.org/

Note: svn and python will be installed automatically if not accessible (on Windows only).

To update this distribution manually, run .\update_depot_tools.bat on Windows, or ./update_depot_tools on Linux or Mac.

To disable automatic updating, set the environment variable DEPOT_TOOLS_UPDATE=0