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1# libbrillo: platform utility library
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3libbrillo is a shared library meant to hold common utility code that we deem
4useful for platform projects.
5It supplements the functionality provided by libbase/libchrome since that
6project, by design, only holds functionality that Chromium (the browser) needs.
7As a result, this tends to be more OS-centric code.
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9## AOSP Usage
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11This project is also used by [Update Engine] which is maintained in AOSP.
12However, AOSP doesn't use this codebase directly, it maintains its own
13[libbrillo fork](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libbrillo/).
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15To help keep the projects in sync, we have a gsubtree set up on our GoB:
16https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform2/libbrillo/
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18This allows AOSP to cherry pick or merge changes directly back into their fork.
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20[Update Engine]: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/update_engine/
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