Development process & infrastructure guide.
This repository was created with elisp-repo-kit. You can use it to streamline development workflows.
Run erk-ert-project within this project. The tests will be
discovered, rebuilt & reloaded if necessary, and run. There are a
few other commands to augment the ert package.
If you cannot reproduce a failure (or success) on CI, then you may want to switch to using nix to get a reprodicible toolchain so you can further develop with frozen versions from the nix flake's flake.lock.
nix develop .github# # loads the devShells.default from flake.nix
cd .github && direnv allow # same as above with file watching
emacs --quick --load .github/run-shim.el -- test # graphical
emacs --script .github/run-test.el -- test # terminal, batch style
You can totally run the tests locally on whatever version of Emacs you have. You do not need Nix to run tests pretty close to what CI does. CI will use Nix to obtain Emacs & dependencies.
This package uses elisp-lint to detect issues with byte compiling, package format, code structure and others.
The configuration is found inside .github/run-shim.el. The CI run is invoked inside of ci.yml using Emacs in script mode. Most of the configuration is in the run shim.
The tests are also linted, to a less restrictive standard, also found in run-shim.el
You can run the lints manually almost the same as running tests.
nix develop .github#
# nix develop .#emacs28
# nix develop .#emacsGit
emacs --script .github/run-shim.el -- lint
emacs --script .github/run-shim.el -- lint-tests
Run erk-reload-package in one of your project files. All features
in the /lisp directory will be re-compiled and loaded appropriately.
Note, during reloading, unloading the current module is forced. If other packages you use depend on the project feature, results may be unpredicatable. This is one reason batch style testing can be preferred.
To manually unload, run built-in command unload-feature and select your
package name. If you do not unload, reloading has no effect and you will see
stale behavior.
Next, add the package to your load-path and then require it or, more
directly, call emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load or
emacs-lisp-native-compile-and-load.
If you are using elisp-repo-kit, erk-export-docs will take care of
everything. See the related commands for exporting individually and
viewing the outputs. If you enable local variables, declared at the end of
each document, saving will automatically export.
To manually export, use the appropriate org mode command:
org-md-export-as-markdownorg-texinfo-export-to-info
You can view the manual with prefix argument, info-display-manual, and
manually type the path to the manual.info. Honestly, just use
elisp-repo-kit. This stuff is tedious.
NOTE changes to the manual.org requires re-generation of other documents
because they use #+include: directives.
This package is distributed under the terms of the included license. The CI configuration and scripts are MIT licensed.
This project is distributed with a Developer Certificate of Origin. By adding a sign-off notice and GPG signature to each commit, you will provide means to authenticate your sign-off later strengthening your attestations stated in the DCO, upholding the overall integrity of the license coverage over the project.
A copy of the DCO is distributed with this project. Read its text to understand the significance of configuring for sign-off.
A sign-off means adding a "trailer" to your commit that looks like the following:
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>
A GPG signed commit shows that the owner of the private key submitted the changes. Wherever signatures are recorded in chains, they can demonstrate participation in changes elsewhere and awareness of what the submitter is participating in. Corroborating user's signature accross a history of works strengthens that user's attestation provided by DCO sign-off.
Follow these instructions before you get ready to submit a pull-request.
Refer to the GitHub signing commits instructions to set up your git client to add GPG signatures. File issues if you run into Emacs-specific problems. Be sure to use a Github verified email.
Because signing is intended to be a conscious process, please remember to read and understand the Developer Certificate of Origin before confinguring your client to automatically sign-off on commits.
In magit, set the -s switch. Use C-x C-s (transient-save) to
preserve this switch on future uses. (Note, this is not per-project).You
can also set the signature flag this way.
In order to specify which projects you intend to sign with which keys, you will want to configure your git client using path-specific configurations.
Configuing git for this can be done with the following directory structure:
/home/rjdeveloper/
├── .gitconfig
└── .gitconfig.d
├── sco-linux-projects.conf
├── other-projects.conf
└── gpg-signing-projects.conf
In your root config, .gitconfig, add an includeIf directive that will
load the configuration you use for projects you intend to GPG sign commits
for.
[includeIf "gitdir:/home/rjdeveloper/**/gpg-signing/**/.git"]
path = "~/.gitconfig.d/gpg-signing-projects.conf"
In the gpg-signing-projects.conf add your GPG signing configuration from
earlier. sign adds the GPG signature automatically. File an issue if you
need help with multiple GPG homes or other configurations.
[user]
name = "Random J Developer"
email = "[email protected]"
signingkey = "5FF0EBDC623B3AD4"
[commit]
sign = true
gpgSign = true
If you don't like these configurations and want to individually indicate you have read and intend to apply the DCO to your changes, these commands are equivalent:
git commit -s -S --message "I don't like using .gitconfig"
# To clean up a commit
git commit --amend -s -S --no-message
# Combine with rebase to sign / sign-off multiple existing commits
git rebase -i
The Nix flake.nix is where versions are declared. The flake.lock stores a
fixed value for these declarations. These fixed versions need periodic
update. Nixpkgs has a new release about every six months. You can check
their branches and tags to see what's current. The effect is similar to
updating linux versions. The nix command has a lot of support for
specifying versions besides just updating.
nix flake lock --update-input nixpkgs
The emacs-overlay, which contains fixed versions of Emacs and snapshots of
Elisp repository package sets can be updated by running:
nix flake lock --update-input emacs-overlay