third_party/fuchsia/docs.rst

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Fuchsia libraries
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`Fuchsia <https://fuchsia.dev/>`_ is a modern open source operating system
developed by Google.

Pigweed does not use the Fuchsia operating system itself, but uses some
low-level libraries developed for it.

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Features
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Parts of two Fuchsia libraries are used in Pigweed:

- `FIT <https://cs.opensource.google/fuchsia/fuchsia/+/main:sdk/lib/fit/>`_ --
  Portable library of low-level C++ features.
- `stdcompat <https://cs.opensource.google/fuchsia/fuchsia/+/main:sdk/lib/stdcompat/>`_ --
  Implements newer C++ features for older standards.

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Code synchronization
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Unlike other third party libraries used by Pigweed, some Fuchsia source code is
included in tree. A few factors drove this decision:

- Core Pigweed features like :cpp:type:`pw::Function` depend on these Fuchsia
  libraries. Including the source in-tree avoids having Pigweed require an
  an external repository.
- The Fuchsia repository is too large to require downstream projects to clone.

If Fuchsia moves ``stdcompat`` and ``fit`` to separate repositories, the
decision to include Fuchsia code in tree may be reconsidered.

Process
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Code is synchronized between the `Fuchsia repository
<https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia>`_ and the `Pigweed repository
<https://pigweed.googlesource.com/pigweed/pigweed>`_ using the
`third_party/fuchsia/copy.bara.sky
<https://cs.opensource.google/pigweed/pigweed/+/main:third_party/fuchsia/copy.bara.sky>`_)
`Copybara <https://github.com/google/copybara>`_ script.

To synchronize with the Fuchsia repository, run the ``copybara`` tool with the
script:

.. code-block:: bash

   copybara third_party/fuchsia/copy.bara.sky

That creates a Gerrit change with updates from the Fuchsia repo, if any.

Files are synced from Fuchsia repository to their original paths under the
``third_party/fuchsia/repo`` directory in Pigweed.