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    scripts: create meta-tool package, "west" · b6af8eb9
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    We have agreed to develop a meta-tool named "west", which will be a
    swiss-army knife of Zephyr development. It will support use cases like
    building, flashing and debugging; bootloader integration; emulator
    support; and integration with multiple git repositories.
    
    The basic usage for the tool is similar to git(1):
    
        west [common opts] <command-name> [command opts] [<command args>]
    
    There are common options, such as verbosity control, followed by a
    mandatory sub-command. The sub-command then takes its own options and
    arguments.
    
    This patch adds the basic framework for this tool, as follows:
    
    - a Python 3 package named 'west', in scripts/meta. There is no PyPI
      integration for now; the tool will be improving quickly, so we need
      to keep users up to date by having it in tree.
    - an main entry point, main.py, and a package-level shim, __main__.py
    - a cmd subpackage, which defines the abstract base class for commands
    - logging (log.py)
    - catch-all utilities (util.py)
    - Windows and Unix launchers so users can type "west" to run the tool
      after sourcing the appropriate zephyr-env script for their
      environment.
    
    Subsequent patches will start to add individual commands.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMarti Bolivar <[email protected]>
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