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Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - rjclark99 - 2024-04-19
I'm currently trying to build a repo that will install a custom kodi build (add-ons, dependencies, menu and widget layout etc). I'm very new to git and Kodi and repos, although I'm at probably an intermediate level of competency in Python and basic competency with things like json, xml, html etc.
I'm currently having an issue where after following drinfernoo's git tutorial (https://github.com/drinfernoo/repository.example) and creating a repo with the provided template, I cannot for the life of me get my repo zip to show up when using the source URL (https://github.com/rjclark99/rjclark99.github.io). All that shows up is a jurialmonkey which I determined is only getting displayed because of the readme.
For context I'm using git's 'git submodule add https://github.com/xbmc-adult/xbmc-adult' command in the repo folder for the add-on source folder location as per drinfernoo's readme. I'm running the _repo_generator.py from the rjclark99.github.io root folder to generate the zips, then copying the repo zip to that folder also.
I've adjusted the index.html also and the xmls as per the steps provided.
I feel like I may be missing something simple, so I apologise in advance for anything that sticks out as obvious!
Thank you Kodi team for all your hard work and providing assistance to the community, along with the Kodi community as a whole for being so helpful
RE: Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - sarbes - 2024-04-20
(2024-04-19, 22:19)rjclark99 Wrote: I cannot for the life of me get my repo zip to show up when using the source URL (https://github.com/rjclark99/rjclark99.github.io).
That's not a supported way. You should download the repository to the target device and install it from there.
RE: Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - rjclark99 - 2024-04-20
(2024-04-20, 09:00)sarbes Wrote:Sorry, to clarify, how do I make the repo zip downloadable/installable via github, when I add the source URL in File Manager, then go to install from zip from the new source I'm unable to find the zip which contains my repo.(2024-04-19, 22:19)rjclark99 Wrote: I cannot for the life of me get my repo zip to show up when using the source URL (https://github.com/rjclark99/rjclark99.github.io).
That's not a supported way. You should download the repository to the target device and install it from there.
Apologies again for anything I'm misunderstanding or missing, I'm very new to git and Kodi and still learning how everything works. Thank you for taking the time to respond
RE: Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - rjclark99 - 2024-04-20
Ok I seem to have narrowed down what I am actually asking and what the issue is. When using my username as a repo name, everything seems to work correctly. However when using something else as a name and then attempting to add the source as https://rjclark99.github.io/REPO_NAME_HERE then for some reason the zip does not show when attempting to install from zip within Kodi. The only thing that shows up is a 'file' which is simply the jurialmonkey link found in the readme.md.
RE: Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - sarbes - 2024-04-20
Again, what you are asking is not supported and might or might not work.
RE: Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - rjclark99 - 2024-04-21
Ok thank you for clarification. I've managed to resolve the issue through trial and error. It was my own misunderstanding. I was trying to add the whole repo as an add-on in my repo instead of add-ons from the repo.
While I have you here I don't suppose that there is way to set skin shortcuts through an add on that works independent of OS/file path type? Or is the xbmc python module capable of setting/writing the shortcuts in place?
Sorry again for my lack of knowledge I'm trying really hard to read the docs but getting confused.
Thanks again for all your help!
RE: Can't find my see my zips inside my repo - scott967 - 2024-04-24
This is a development question, not support -- better to ask in that forum where devs tend to follow.
I create my own kodi-repo addon for Kodi, only tool I am using is addons_xml_generator.py, a simple python module that creates addons.xml and addons.xml.md5. The addon itself is very simple and is just a folder in the git repo that contains the folders/zips for the kodi-repo contents. Do it all on my local machine in a git branch and when ready merge it into master and push it to my github.com remote (gitlab I guess is an option).
scott s.
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