neobytes/contrib/devtools/README.md
gubatron 57702541a2 Copyright header updates s/2013/2014 on files whose last git commit was done in 2014.
contrib/devtools/fix-copyright-headers.py script to be able to perform this maintenance task with ease during the rest of the year, every year. Modifications to contrib/devtools/README.md to document what fix-copyright-headers.py does.
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This directory contains tools for developers working on this repository.
github-merge.sh
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A small script to automate merging pull-requests securely and sign them with GPG.
For example:
./github-merge.sh bitcoin/bitcoin 3077
(in any git repository) will help you merge pull request #3077 for the
bitcoin/bitcoin repository.
What it does:
* Fetch master and the pull request.
* Locally construct a merge commit.
* Show the diff that merge results in.
* Ask you to verify the resulting source tree (so you can do a make
check or whatever).
* Ask you whether to GPG sign the merge commit.
* Ask you whether to push the result upstream.
This means that there are no potential race conditions (where a
pullreq gets updated while you're reviewing it, but before you click
merge), and when using GPG signatures, that even a compromised github
couldn't mess with the sources.
Setup
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Configuring the github-merge tool for the bitcoin repository is done in the following way:
git config githubmerge.repository bitcoin/bitcoin
git config githubmerge.testcmd "make -j4 check" (adapt to whatever you want to use for testing)
git config --global user.signingkey mykeyid (if you want to GPG sign)
## fix-copyright-headers.py
Every year newly updated files need to have its copyright headers updated to reflect the current year.
If you run this script from src/ it will automatically update the year on the copyright header for all
.cpp and .h files if these have a git commit from the current year.
For example a file changed in 2014 (with 2014 being the current year):
```// Copyright (c) 2009-2013 The Bitcoin developers```
would be changed to:
```// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin developers```