mpypkg-cli: A tool for easily creating reproducible builds with package.json

[yvo64]

I wrote this little tool to easily build reproducible versions of my local projects.

The main difference to a solution with `mpremote mip' is that local Git repositories are also supported.

All files and dependencies of a Micropython project package are stored in a local directory.
The contents of this directory can then be cloned/copied to the target using mpremote cp.

https://codeberg.org/yvo/mpypkg

[yvo64]

With the new version, it is now also possible to generate a custom manifest.py.
With this custom manifest.py, it is possible to integrate ("freeze") the project files into the board firmware.

[Josverl]

local Git repositories are also supported.

but isn't that just a path , and mpremote mip can install from a path for some time now.
Perhaps I am missing the point ?

[yvo64]

but isn't that just a path

Not always in my case.

For example, I wrote a library A that I use in my project B.
In my project B, I use version v1 of library A.

Now, for example, I start adding new features to library A.
The path of library A then contains an undefined working version that no longer matches version v1.

However, when I rebuild project B, the stable version v1 of library A should still be used.
So I add a corresponding entry in the deps section of my project B package.json.

  "deps": [
    ["/path/to/my/libary/A", "v1"]
  ]

And mpypkg then copy the required files of version v1 of library A to the build directory for project B.

[Josverl]

Aha , so the feature is install from branches / tags of local repos , did I get that right ?

[yvo64]

Aha , so the feature is install from branches / tags of local repos , did I get that right ?

Yes.