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.. include:: global.rst.inc
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.. highlight:: bash
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.. _development:
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Development
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===========
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This chapter will get you started with |project_name| development.
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|project_name| is written in Python (with a little bit of Cython and C for
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the performance critical parts).
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Style guide
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-----------
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We generally follow `pep8
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<https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_, with 120 columns
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instead of 79. We do *not* use form-feed (``^L``) characters to
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separate sections either. Compliance is tested automatically when
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you run the tests.
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Continuous Integration
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----------------------
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All pull requests go through Travis-CI_, which runs the tests on Linux
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and Mac OS X as well as the flake8 style checker. Additional Unix-like platforms
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are tested on Golem_.
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.. _Golem: https://golem.enkore.de/view/Borg/
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.. _Travis-CI: https://travis-ci.org/borgbackup/borg
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Output and Logging
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------------------
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When writing logger calls, always use correct log level (debug only for
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debugging, info for informative messages, warning for warnings, error for
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errors, critical for critical errors/states).
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When directly talking to the user (e.g. Y/N questions), do not use logging,
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but directly output to stderr (not: stdout, it could be connected to a pipe).
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To control the amount and kinds of messages output to stderr or emitted at
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info level, use flags like ``--stats`` or ``--list``.
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Building a development environment
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----------------------------------
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First, just install borg into a virtual env as described before.
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To install some additional packages needed for running the tests, activate your
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virtual env and run::
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pip install -r requirements.d/development.txt
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Running the tests
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-----------------
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The tests are in the borg/testsuite package.
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To run all the tests, you need to have fakeroot installed. If you do not have
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fakeroot, you still will be able to run most tests, just leave away the
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`fakeroot -u` from the given command lines.
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To run the test suite use the following command::
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fakeroot -u tox # run all tests
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Some more advanced examples::
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# verify a changed tox.ini (run this after any change to tox.ini):
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fakeroot -u tox --recreate
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fakeroot -u tox -e py34 # run all tests, but only on python 3.4
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fakeroot -u tox borg.testsuite.locking # only run 1 test module
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fakeroot -u tox borg.testsuite.locking -- -k '"not Timer"' # exclude some tests
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fakeroot -u tox borg.testsuite -- -v # verbose py.test
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Important notes:
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- When using ``--`` to give options to py.test, you MUST also give ``borg.testsuite[.module]``.
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Regenerate usage files
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----------------------
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Usage and API documentation is currently committed directly to git,
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although those files are generated automatically from the source
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tree.
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When a new module is added, the ``docs/api.rst`` file needs to be
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regenerated::
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./setup.py build_api
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When a command is added, a commandline flag changed, added or removed,
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the usage docs need to be rebuilt as well::
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./setup.py build_usage
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Building the docs with Sphinx
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The documentation (in reStructuredText format, .rst) is in docs/.
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To build the html version of it, you need to have sphinx installed::
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pip3 install sphinx # important: this will install sphinx with Python 3
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Now run::
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cd docs/
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make html
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Then point a web browser at docs/_build/html/index.html.
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The website is updated automatically through Github web hooks on the
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main repository.
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Using Vagrant
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-------------
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We use Vagrant for the automated creation of testing environments and borgbackup
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standalone binaries for various platforms.
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For better security, there is no automatic sync in the VM to host direction.
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The plugin `vagrant-scp` is useful to copy stuff from the VMs to the host.
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Usage::
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# To create and provision the VM:
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vagrant up OS
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# To create an ssh session to the VM:
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vagrant ssh OS command
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# To shut down the VM:
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vagrant halt OS
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# To shut down and destroy the VM:
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vagrant destroy OS
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# To copy files from the VM (in this case, the generated binary):
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vagrant scp OS:/vagrant/borg/borg.exe .
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Creating standalone binaries
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----------------------------
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Make sure you have everything built and installed (including llfuse and fuse).
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When using the Vagrant VMs, pyinstaller will already be installed.
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With virtual env activated::
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pip install pyinstaller # or git checkout master
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pyinstaller -F -n borg-PLATFORM borg/__main__.py
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for file in dist/borg-*; do gpg --armor --detach-sign $file; done
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If you encounter issues, see also our `Vagrantfile` for details.
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.. note:: Standalone binaries built with pyinstaller are supposed to
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work on same OS, same architecture (x86 32bit, amd64 64bit)
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without external dependencies.
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Creating a new release
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----------------------
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Checklist:
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- make sure all issues for this milestone are closed or moved to the
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next milestone
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- find and fix any low hanging fruit left on the issue tracker
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- check that Travis CI is happy
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- update ``CHANGES.rst``, based on ``git log $PREVIOUS_RELEASE..``
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- check version number of upcoming release in ``CHANGES.rst``
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- verify that ``MANIFEST.in`` and ``setup.py`` are complete
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- ``python setup.py build_api ; python setup.py build_usage`` and commit
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- tag the release::
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git tag -s -m "tagged/signed release X.Y.Z" X.Y.Z
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- run tox and/or binary builds on all supported platforms via vagrant,
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check for test failures
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- create a release on PyPi::
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python setup.py register sdist upload --identity="Thomas Waldmann" --sign
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- close release milestone on Github
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- announce on:
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- Mailing list
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- Twitter (follow @ThomasJWaldmann for these tweets)
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- IRC channel (change ``/topic``)
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- create a Github release, include:
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* standalone binaries (see above for how to create them)
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+ for OS X, document the OS X Fuse version in the README of the binaries.
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OS X FUSE uses a kernel extension that needs to be compatible with the
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code contained in the binary.
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* a link to ``CHANGES.rst``
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