Editing My First Bazaar Package (section)

=Introduction=

In this tutorial you will create a "Hello, World" Screen and package it as a Bazaar Package (.epm).

The page also references using a code versioning tool; [https://git-scm.com Git]. The goal is to have your EPM source files managed through Git and be able to edit them in a live repository.

Tracking files in Git is more complex but allows easier development. All of your package's files are placed under a directory tree then Sym-linked into the correct locations in EPrints. The [[API:tools/epm]] tool provides a ''link_lib'' option that makes this easier to achieve, as long as you follow the directory layout described below.
As an alternative to using the web for building/customising your package you can try [https://github.com/eprintsug/gitaar Gitaar], a tool for building the epmi metadata file and EPM suitable for sharing.

'''Warning!''' do not edit files and then enable/disable or install/uninstall an EPM. The EPM will detect the changed files and either create backups or refuse to work. You must edit the EPM and do ''Save and Return'' to re-scan the EPM's files (in Admin &rarr; EPrints Bazaar, Developer Tools).