Commit d125567f authored by Max Kellermann's avatar Max Kellermann

doc/developer: add text from the wiki

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<title>Hacking The Source</title>
<para>
MPD sources are managed in a git repository on <ulink
url="http://git.musicpd.org/">git.musicpd.org</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Always write your code against the latest git:
</para>
<programlisting>git clone git://git.musicpd.org/master/mpd.git</programlisting>
<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>
<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.
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<para>
Don't mix several changes in one single patch. Create a
separate patch for every change. Tools like
<application>stgit</application> help you with that.
<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.
</para>
<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>
</chapter>
<chapter>
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