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