Some useful west tricks for managing Zephyr workspaces more effectively.

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A collection of practical tips for using the Zephyr `west` workspace manager more effectively. Topics covered include: installing specific SDK versions and toolchains with `west sdk install`, limiting clone depth via `clone-depth` in the manifest, restricting `west update` imports using `name-allowlist` and `path-prefix`, caching fetches with `update.auto-cache`, creating command aliases, writing custom west extension commands in Python, using `--narrow` and `--fetch-opt=--depth=1` to reduce network traffic, and pinning all dependencies to exact SHAs with `west manifest --resolve` for reproducible builds.

Zephyr West tips and tricks