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-*- mode: org; coding: utf-8; -*-
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#+TITLE: Hacking GNU Guix and Its Incredible Distro
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Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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Copyright © 2015, 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
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Copyright © 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved.
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* Contributing
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See the manual for useful hacking informations, either by running
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info -f doc/guix.info "Contributing"
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or by checking the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Contributing][web copy of the manual]].
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* Commit Access
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For frequent contributors, having write access to the repository is
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convenient. When you deem it necessary, feel free to ask for it on the
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mailing list. When you get commit access, please make sure to follow the
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policy below (discussions of the policy can take place on guix-devel@gnu.org.)
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Non-trivial patches should always be posted to guix-patches@gnu.org (trivial
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patches include fixing typos, etc.). This mailing list fills the
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patch-tracking database at [[https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches]]; see
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"Contributing" in the manual for details.
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For patches that just add a new package, and a simple one, it’s OK to commit,
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if you’re confident (which means you successfully built it in a chroot setup,
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and have done a reasonable copyright and license auditing.) Likewise for
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package upgrades, except upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds (for example,
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upgrading GnuTLS or GLib.) We have a mailing list for commit notifications
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(guix-commits@gnu.org), so people can notice. Before pushing your changes,
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make sure to run ‘git pull --rebase’.
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All commits that are pushed to the central repository on Savannah must be
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signed with an OpenPGP key, and the public key should be uploaded to your user
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account on Savannah and to public key servers, such as ‘pgp.mit.edu’. To
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configure Git to automatically sign commits, run:
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git config commit.gpgsign true
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git config user.signingkey CABBA6EA1DC0FF33
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You can prevent yourself from accidentally pushing unsigned commits to
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Savannah by using the pre-push Git hook called located at ‘etc/git/pre-push’:
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cp etc/git/pre-push .git/hooks/pre-push
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When pushing a commit on behalf of somebody else, please add a Signed-off-by
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line at the end of the commit log message (e.g. with ‘git am --signoff’).
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This improves tracking of who did what.
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For anything else, please post to guix-patches@gnu.org and leave time for a
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review, without committing anything. If you didn’t receive any reply
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after two weeks, and if you’re confident, it’s OK to commit.
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That last part is subject to being adjusted, allowing individuals to commit
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directly on non-controversial changes on parts they’re familiar with.
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* Using emacs-debbugs
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Bug reports and patches are tracked using debbugs. If you are on emacs, you
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can use emacs-debbugs.
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List all open bug reports on guix-patches with
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C-u M-x debbugs-gnu <RET> <RET> guix-patches <RET> n y
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