gistfile1.txt

    # Set the path of the cv yocto-distro repository
    export repo_path=/home/username/repos/work/depot/Projects/yocto-distro/main
    # set path of this new layer
    export new_layer="meta-oe-partial"

    # create new layer folder
    mkdir -p ${repo_path}/${new_layer}
    # setup layer
    mkdir -p ${repo_path}/${new_layer}/conf
    cat > ${repo_path}/${new_layer}/conf/layer.conf << EOF_LAYERCFG
# We have a conf and classes directory, add to BBPATH
BBPATH .= ":\${LAYERDIR}"

# We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
BBFILES += "\${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb \
    \${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"

BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "meta-oe-partial"
BBFILE_PATTERN_meta-oe-partial = "^\${LAYERDIR}/"
BBFILE_PRIORITY_meta-oe-partial = "6"
EOF_LAYERCFG

    # get the repository
    #   dora = yocto 1.5, the version we use as of 2014-04-09
    git clone \
        -b dora \
        git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded \
        /tmp/meta-openembedded

    # go into the repository and specific fodler
    #    -- you need to be there for the rsync+git head
    cd /tmp/meta-openembedded/meta-oe

    # save the git hash
    echo "git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded" \
        > ${repo_path}/${new_layer}/SOURCE.githash
    git rev-parse --verify HEAD \
        >>  ${repo_path}/${new_layer}/SOURCE.githash

    # copy to the perforce folder if you are sure we want the current
    #   version
    rsync -avR recipes-connectivity/samba \
        ${repo_path}/${new_layer}/
    # this recipe is a dependency and talloc is also a samba project
    rsync -avR recipes-support/talloc \
        ${repo_path}/${new_layer}/