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diff --git a/docs/reference/packages.rst b/docs/reference/packages.rst index 1ddbecb582..c9deedea77 100644 --- a/docs/reference/packages.rst +++ b/docs/reference/packages.rst @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ can be downloaded by specifying the path to their ``package.json``. If no json file is specified, then "package.json" is implicitly added:: >>> mip.install("http://example.com/x/") - >>> mip.install("github:org/repo") + >>> mip.install("github:org/repo") # Uses default branch of that repo >>> mip.install("github:org/repo", version="branch-or-tag") @@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ https://github.com/micropython/micropython-lib for more information. To write a "self-hosted" package that can be downloaded by ``mip`` or ``mpremote``, you need a static webserver (or GitHub) to host either a -single .py file, or a package.json file alongside your .py files. +single .py file, or a ``package.json`` file alongside your .py files. -A typical package.json for an example ``mlx90640`` library looks like:: +A typical ``package.json`` for an example ``mlx90640`` library looks like:: { "urls": [ @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ A typical package.json for an example ``mlx90640`` library looks like:: ], "deps": [ ["collections-defaultdict", "latest"], - ["os-path", "latest"] + ["os-path", "latest"], + ["github:org/micropython-additions", "main"] ], "version": "0.2" } @@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ A typical package.json for an example ``mlx90640`` library looks like:: This includes two files, hosted at a GitHub repo named ``org/micropython-mlx90640``, which install into the ``mlx90640`` directory on the device. It depends on ``collections-defaultdict`` and ``os-path`` which will -be installed automatically. +be installed automatically from the :term:`micropython-lib`. The third +dependency installs the content as defined by the ``package.json`` file of the +``main`` branch of the GitHub repo ``org/micropython-additions``. Freezing packages ----------------- |