External projects fail to find modm repository (and docs are lacking)

[modm-io]

External projects fail to find modm repository (and docs are lacking)

[salkinium]

You have to provide a path to the repos either in your own modm_example/project.xml using the <repository> elements like in the board config file, or via the command line like you tried.

It seems there is a bug in lbuild which shouldn’t try to parse the same repo.lb file twice, regardless of how many times it is declared. For now, I recommend you add the <repository> elements to your project.xml.
(The examples don’t have this issue, since there is a modm/examples/lbuild.xml file, which lbuild automatically finds and it contains the repo path, I’ll update the docs for this).

[salkinium]

I've fixed the duplicate parsing of repo files in lbuild v1.6.4 just now.

[ASMfreaK]

I can verify the fix. I now use in parent folder this ./lbuild.xml:

<library>
  <repositories>
  	<repository><path>modm/repo.lb</path></repository>
  </repositories>
</library>

Works great! It is fixed for me. Should I close the issue or should we wait till the docs are fixed?

[salkinium]

Excellent! That’s exactly how lbuild.xml is supposed to be used.

Leave the issue open for now, it reminds me about what I need to clarify.
We’re still working on better docs at https://doc.modm.io, but it’s a bit complicated with all these different devices and options.

[salkinium]

I've added a tip to the getting started guide regarding the repository paths:
https://modm.io/guide/getting-started/#custom-configuration