[gdal-dev] Documentation/explanation on repository structure

[Even Rouault]

Hi,

hopefully this proposed improvement of the developer doc 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/10427 should answer your questions

Even

Le 14/07/2024 à 21:57, Thomas Larsen Wessel via gdal-dev a écrit :
> It's hard for me to understand the structure of the repository. Is 
> there any documentation on this?
>
> For instance. I see python scripts (able to be run from command line, 
> not just modules/packages) in a few places:
>
> ./scripts
> ./swig/python/gdal-utils/scripts
> ./swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils
> ./swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/auxiliary
> ./swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/samples
>
> I don't see/understand the structure. But maybe, with some help, I could?
>
> To be concrete, lets consider validate_gpkg.py. Why is it in 
> "samples", and not in any of the others? Why does it belong in that 
> folder?
>
> Some scripts seem to be in more than one place (though not identical, 
> at least not in formatting) e.g.:
>  - ./swig/python/gdal-utils/scripts/gdal2tiles.py
>  - ./swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/gdal2tiles.py
>
> Is there any documentation that will help me understand the structure, 
> including the questions above?
>
> Sincerely, Thomas
>
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