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Programming guidelines
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Version control
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Version control is managed with `Git <http://git-scm.com/>`_.
Issue tracking and repository management are done using `GitLab <https://about.gitlab.com/>`_
at http://git.metabarcoding.org/.
Branching strategy
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Master branch
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The master branch should only contain functional scripts.
Topic branches
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Topic branches should correspond to development branches revolving around a topic corresponding
to the branch's name.
Release branches
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Release branches should start with duplicates of tags and be used to patch them.
Tags
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Tags should never be committed to.
Rebasing
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Rebasing should be avoided on the distant server.
Merging
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Merging should never overwrite on a release branch or on a tag.
Branching strategy diagram
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.. image:: ./images/version_control.png
Issue tracking
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Issue tracking is done using `GitLab <https://about.gitlab.com/>`_ at http://git.metabarcoding.org/.
Tickets should always be labeled with the branches for which they are relevant.
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Documentation
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C functions are documented in the header files for public functions, and in the source file for private functions.
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OBITools3 wiki
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The OBITools3 wiki is managed with GitLab.
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Programming languages
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C99 :
* All the low-level input/output functions (e.g. all the `OBIDMS <formats.html#the-obitools3-data-management-system-obidms>`_ functions)
* Computing-intensive code (e.g. alignment or pattern matching)
`Cython <cython.org>`_ :
* Object layer
* OBITools3 library
`Python 3.5 <https://www.python.org/>`_ :
* Top layer code (scripts)
For the documentation, `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ should be used for both the original
documentation and for the generation of documentation from the python code. `Doxygen <http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/>`_
should be used for the generation of documentation from the C code, which should be then integrated
in the Sphinx documentation using `Breathe <https://breathe.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_.
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Naming conventions
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Struct, Enum: ``Title_case``
Enum members, macros, constants: ``ALL_CAPS``
Functions, local variables: ``lower_case``
Public functions: ``obi_lower_case``
Functions that shouldn't be called directly: ``_lower_case`` (``_`` prefix)
Global variables: ``g_lower_case`` (``g_`` prefix)
Pointers: ``pointer_ptr`` (``_ptr`` suffix)
.. note::
Underscores are used to delimit 'words'.
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Programming rules
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