don't know how to custom message

[junmeng6025]

I tried to custom the message in ros2_for_unity_custom_messages.repos, like this:

# NOTE: Use this file if you want to build with custom messages that reside in a separate remote repo.
# NOTE: use the following format

repositories:
  src/ros2cs/custom_messages/<package_name>:
    type: git
    url: <repo_url>
    version: <repo_branch>
  custom_messages/<package2_name>:
    "Hello World"

and then ran ./pull_repositories.sh in root directory, got this:

=========================================
* Pulling ros2cs repository:
=== ./src/ros2cs/ (git) ===

HEAD is now at 7e3d179 msgs.cs.em platform check based on selected csbuildtool

=========================================
Pulling custom repositories:
Input data is not valid format: string indices must be integers

=========================================
Pulling ros2cs dependencies:
Detected ROS2 galactic. Getting required repos from 'ros2_galactic.repos'
........

It seems that my message in wrong syntax. How should I edit the message?

[pijaro]

Hello,

to use custom messages in ros2-for-unity you have to create a separate package with your messages. You can find the instructions on how to do it here: Creating custom msg and srv files.

Then, having such a custom package, you need to put it inside src/ros2cs directory or use a .repos file.

If you are hosting your package on a git repository, you can list it in ros2_for_unity_custom_messages.repos file. ros2_for_unity_custom_messages.repos doesn't contain the custom messages definitions directly. It holds the information where the build system can find the repository for that package. You can't define messages in .repo file as you tried to do (see Custom messages in a readme).

[adamdbrw]

@junmeng6025 were you able to work with custom message following the instructions? If so, could you close the issue?