chore: cleaned up ROS sourcing & building scripts

.gitmodules

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "ros/newton_ros"]
-	path = ros/newton_ros
+	path = ros/pkgs/newton_ros
 	url = https://github.com/TheNewtonCapstone/newton-ros
 [submodule "ros/newton_sim_ros"]
-	path = ros/newton_sim_ros
+	path = ros/pkgs/newton_sim_ros
 	url = https://github.com/TheNewtonCapstone/newton-sim-ros

ros/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# ROS package-specifics
+build/
+install/
+log/

ros/build_pkgs.sh

@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@ if [ -z "$ROS_DISTRO" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Go in each package directory (within the "ros" directory) and build it
-shopt -s nullglob
 
-for dir in ./*/; do
-    cd "$dir" || exit
-
-    if [ -d "build" ]; then
-        echo "Cleaning previous build files in $dir ..."
-        rm -rf "build" "install" "log"
-    fi
+# Clean previous ROS2 packages builds
+if [ -d "build" ]; then
+    echo "Cleaning previous build files..."
+    rm -rf "build" "install" "log"
+fi
 
-    echo "Building package in $dir ..."
-    colcon build --cmake-args -DPython3_EXECUTABLE:INTERNAL="$(which python3)" -DPython3_FIND_STRATEGY=LOCATION -DPython3_FIND_UNVERSIONED_NAMES=FIRST
-    cd - || exit
-done
+# Build ROS2 packages
+colcon build --symlink-install --cmake-args -DPython3_EXECUTABLE:INTERNAL="$(which python3)" -DPython3_FIND_STRATEGY=LOCATION -DPython3_FIND_UNVERSIONED_NAMES=FIRST

ros/source_pkgs.sh

@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Purpose
-# This script is used to build all ROS packages for Newton
+# This script is used to source all ROS packages for Newton
 
 # Check if ROS2 is sourced
 if [ -z "$ROS_DISTRO" ]; then
     echo "ROS2 is not sourced. Please source ROS2."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Go in each package directory (within the "ros" directory) and build it
-shopt -s nullglob
-
-for dir in ./*/; do
-    echo "Sourcing package in $dir ..."
-    cd "$dir" || exit
-    source install/setup.bash
-    cd - || exit
-done
+# Source ROS2 packages
+source install/local_setup.bash