Disclaimer

• No wrong use or side effect of this project shall involve the responsibility of its developers. The scripts are shared as they are. Improvements are regularly done based on personal use and developers reports, but no instantaneous changes shall be requested by anyone.

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About the project

• The project advanced_development_shell_tools started in 2015
  to ease Android and Linux developments, ADB usage, Git commands and related projects.
  Originally a private set of scripts, I made the project evolve towards
  a publically shareable set of tools that can be easily used and even configured
  by anyone interested in using advanced development tools and in winning time.
  It provides many functions and shortcuts to ease Android development.

• The sources written and shared here are either meant to be used as they are,
  or to serve as a reference for commands and functions an Android developer needs.
  Developers or beginners interested in shell commands and scripting
  can look into my sources and find documented commands and syntaxes,
  which can be used as a reference for shell scripting and help making their own.

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How to update with upstream changes

• To keep a local sync of 'advanced_development_shell_tools' updated with upstream changes,
  simply run the shtoolssync command and the updates will be downloaded.
  Local modifications will be lost through the update (read about git stash pop in that case)
  and the newest commits / improvements will be added to your available tools.

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About the documentation and structure

• The linked documentation holds a reference point to all functions and macros
  that this project provides, with details on their usage purpose,
  and if present, the <required> or [optional] parameters available.

• The documentation is completely dynamically built.

• Scripts flagged "Standalone Import Ready" and starting with source <(curl -Ls...
  are able to be directly sourced through the provided commands in any terminal
  without the need of this project being installed locally or loaded in the shell.

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Project and documentations

• Documentation and references : advanced_development_shell_tools
• Sources on GitHub : advanced_development_shell_tools

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How to install the project

• Clone the project locally with git:
  git clone https://github.com/AdrianDC/advanced_development_shell_tools -b master

• Load the project in the current Shell terminal:
  source /path/to/folder/advanced_development_shell_tools.rc

• Permanently load the project: Open ~/.bashrc, adapt and add:

  export ANDROID_DEV_DRIVE='/media/../AndroidDev'
  source '/.../advanced_development_shell_tools.rc'

• The ANDROID_DEV_DRIVE variable is a folder used for Android ROMs and kernels.
  You do not need it, but a few functions rely on it to ease things.

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How to contribute to the project

• Perform the scripts modifications, fixes or additions
• Validate the code thanks to ShellCheck with shtoolscheck
• Update README.md documentation with shtoolsreadme
• Commit the changes with git (refer to older commits for style)
• Push your changes and create a pull-request once ready

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Project contributors and modules

• AdrianDC : advanced_development_shell_tools creator and main developer
• Caio99BR : advanced_development_shell_tools user and contributor
• multirom-dev : libbootimg evolutions originally by Tassadar
• xiaolu : mkbootimg_tools submodule original developer