Generate yaml file for reproducible builds

[RobTillaart]

Question popped up - how to generate the yaml file for the reproducable build

The scenario I would like is the following

• I write my sketch
• include the libraries (version) for my sketch
• build / test / fix cycle
• arduino-cli compile [sketch] --appendProfile myproject.yaml
• then I switch boards
• arduino-cli compile [sketch] --appendProfile myproject.yaml

--appendProfile will create a new file when it does not exist
--appendProfile will append to an existing file when file exists

I might not be possible to create 100% of the file but a 'starter' is appreciated

[cmaglie]

I guess you mean something like:

arduino-cli compile [sketch] --create-profile PROFILE_ID

that will append a stub profile called PROFILE_ID:.... inside profiles.yaml (or create the file from scratch if it doesn't exists).

At the moment in the Profiles RFC specification, we do not allow multiple yaml files, but all the profiles must be inside a file named sketch/profiles.yaml. And I like to keep it like that :-).

There is an intense internal discussion about how the arduino-cli "profiles UX" should be, we had many proposals (one very similar to your) but we still did not reach an agreement, my feeling is that we will end up trying some prototypes to figure out pro and cons of each proposal. For that reason, we decided to push for releasing the "profiles" specification first without the UX, so users can start using this feature "manually", while we figure out the UX later.