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+# Recipe creation tool - newappend plugin
+#
+# This sub-command creates a bbappend for the specified target and prints the
+# path to the bbappend.
+#
+# Example: recipetool newappend meta-mylayer busybox
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Christopher Larson <kergoth@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+import argparse
+import errno
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('recipetool')
+tinfoil = None
+
+
+def plugin_init(pluginlist):
+    # Don't need to do anything here right now, but plugins must have this function defined
+    pass
+
+
+def tinfoil_init(instance):
+    global tinfoil
+    tinfoil = instance
+
+
+def _provide_to_pn(cooker, provide):
+    """Get the name of the preferred recipe for the specified provide."""
+    import bb.providers
+    filenames = cooker.recipecache.providers[provide]
+    eligible, foundUnique = bb.providers.filterProviders(filenames, provide, cooker.expanded_data, cooker.recipecache)
+    filename = eligible[0]
+    pn = cooker.recipecache.pkg_fn[filename]
+    return pn
+
+
+def _get_recipe_file(cooker, pn):
+    import oe.recipeutils
+    recipefile = oe.recipeutils.pn_to_recipe(cooker, pn)
+    if not recipefile:
+        skipreasons = oe.recipeutils.get_unavailable_reasons(cooker, pn)
+        if skipreasons:
+            logger.error('\n'.join(skipreasons))
+        else:
+            logger.error("Unable to find any recipe file matching %s" % pn)
+    return recipefile
+
+
+def layer(layerpath):
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(layerpath, 'conf', 'layer.conf')):
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('{0!r} must be a path to a valid layer'.format(layerpath))
+    return layerpath
+
+
+def newappend(args):
+    import oe.recipeutils
+
+    pn = _provide_to_pn(tinfoil.cooker, args.target)
+    recipe_path = _get_recipe_file(tinfoil.cooker, pn)
+
+    rd = tinfoil.config_data.createCopy()
+    rd.setVar('FILE', recipe_path)
+    append_path, path_ok = oe.recipeutils.get_bbappend_path(rd, args.destlayer, args.wildcard_version)
+    if not append_path:
+        logger.error('Unable to determine layer directory containing %s', recipe_path)
+        return 1
+
+    if not path_ok:
+        logger.warn('Unable to determine correct subdirectory path for bbappend file - check that what %s adds to BBFILES also matches .bbappend files. Using %s for now, but until you fix this the bbappend will not be applied.', os.path.join(destlayerdir, 'conf', 'layer.conf'), os.path.dirname(appendpath))
+
+    layerdirs = [os.path.abspath(layerdir) for layerdir in rd.getVar('BBLAYERS', True).split()]
+    if not os.path.abspath(args.destlayer) in layerdirs:
+        logger.warn('Specified layer is not currently enabled in bblayers.conf, you will need to add it before this bbappend will be active')
+
+    if not os.path.exists(append_path):
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(append_path))
+
+        try:
+            open(append_path, 'a')
+        except (OSError, IOError) as exc:
+            logger.critical(str(exc))
+            return 1
+
+    print(append_path)
+
+
+def register_command(subparsers):
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser('newappend',
+                                   help='Create a bbappend for the specified target in the specified layer')
+    parser.add_argument('-w', '--wildcard-version', help='Use wildcard to make the bbappend apply to any recipe version', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('destlayer', help='Base directory of the destination layer to write the bbappend to', type=layer)
+    parser.add_argument('target', help='Target recipe/provide to append')
+    parser.set_defaults(func=newappend, parserecipes=True)