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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
               "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<book>
  <title>The Music Player Daemon - Developer's Manual</title>

  <chapter>
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
      This is a guide for those who wish to hack on the MPD source
      code.  MPD is an open project, and we are always happy about
      contributions.  So far, more than 50 people have contributed
      patches.
    </para>

    <para>
      This document is work in progress.  Most of it may be incomplete
      yet.  Please help!
    </para>
  </chapter>

  <chapter>
    <title>Code Style</title>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          indent with tabs (width 8)
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
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          don't write CPP when you can write C++: use inline
          functions and constexpr instead of macros
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        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
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          the code should be C++11 compliant, and must compile with
          <application>GCC</application> 4.6 and
          <application>clang</application> 3.2
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        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          Some example code:
        </para>

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        <programlisting lang="C">static inline int
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foo(const char *abc, int xyz)
{
        if (abc == NULL) {
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                LogWarning("Foo happened!");
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                return -1;
        }

        return xyz;
}
        </programlisting>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </chapter>

  <chapter>
    <title>Hacking The Source</title>

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    <para>
      MPD sources are managed in a git repository on <ulink
      url="http://git.musicpd.org/">git.musicpd.org</ulink>.
    </para>

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    <para>
      Always write your code against the latest git:
    </para>

    <programlisting>git clone git://git.musicpd.org/master/mpd.git</programlisting>

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    <para>
      If you already have a clone, update it:
    </para>

    <programlisting>git pull --rebase git://git.musicpd.org/master/mpd.git master</programlisting>

    <para>
      You can do without "--rebase", but we recommend that you rebase
      your repository on the "master" repository all the time.
    </para>

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    <para>
      Configure with the options <option>--enable-debug
      --enable-werror</option>.  Enable as many plugins as possible,
      to be sure that you don't break any disabled code.
    </para>

    <para>
      Don't mix several changes in one single patch.  Create a
      separate patch for every change.  Tools like
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      <application>stgit</application> help you with that.  This way,
      we can review your patches more easily, and we can pick the
      patches we like most first.
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    </para>
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    <section>
      <title> Basic stgit usage</title>

      <para>
        stgit allows you to create a set of patches and refine all of
        them: you can go back to any patch at any time, and re-edit it
        (both the code and the commit message). You can reorder
        patches and insert new patches at any position. It encourages
        creating separate patches for tiny changes.
      </para>

      <para>
        stgit needs to be initialized on a git repository: stg init
      </para>

      <para>
        Before you edit the code, create a patch: stg new
        my-patch-name (stgit now asks you for the commit message).
      </para>

      <para>
        Now edit the code. Once you're finished, you have to "refresh"
        the patch, i.e. your edits are incorporated into the patch you
        have created: stg refresh
      </para>

      <para>
        You may now continue editing the same patch, and refresh it as
        often as you like. Create more patches, edit and refresh them.
      </para>

      <para>
        To view the list of patches, type stg series. To go back to a
        specific patch, type stg goto my-patch-name; now you can
        re-edit it (don't forget stg refresh when you're finished with
        that patch).
      </para>

      <para>
        When the whole patch series is finished, convert stgit patches
        to git commits: stg commit
      </para>
    </section>
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  </chapter>

  <chapter>
    <title>Submitting Patches</title>

    <para>
      Send your patches to the mailing list:
      musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net
    </para>
  </chapter>
</book>