skia2/site/dev/design/sync.md
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sync

sync is a Python program that wraps gclient sync. Motivations for using it:

  • Written in Python, so it will work on all platforms.

  • Sets up gclient better than gclient config, which has been broken.

  • Checks to see if the DEPS file has changed since it last ran gclient sync. If not, it skips that step.

  • Since running sync is fast when it can do nothing, it is easy to do before every recompile of Skia. This is a good habit.