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Development
===========
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All VyOS source code is hosted on GitHub under the VyOS organization which can
be found here: https://github.com/vyos
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The README.md file will guide you to use the this top level repository.
Submit a patch
--------------
Submit a Patch
==============
Patches are always more then welcome. To have a clean and easy to maintain
repository we have some guidelines when working with Git. A clean repository
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.. _prepare_commit:
Preparing patch/commit
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Prepare patch/commit
--------------------
In a big system, such as VyOS, that is comprised of multiple components, it's
impossible to keep track of all the changes and bugs/feature requests in one's
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Please submit your patches using the well-known GitHub pull-request against our
repositories found in the VyOS GitHub organisation at https://github.com/vyos
Determining package for a fix
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Determinine source package
--------------------------
Suppose you want to make a change in the webproxy script but yet you do not know
which of the many VyOS packages ship this file. You can determine the VyOS
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is located in the ``vyatta-webproxy`` package which can be found here:
https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-webproxy
Fork repository to submit a Patch
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Fork Repository and submit Patch
--------------------------------
Forking the repository and submitting a GitHub pull-request is the preferred
way of submitting your changes to VyOS. You can fork any VyOS repository to your
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* Submit the patch ``git push`` and create the GitHub pull-request.
Attach patch to Phabricator task
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--------------------------------
Follow the above steps on how to "Fork repository to submit a Patch". Instead
of uploading "pushing" your changes to GitHub you can export the patches/
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commits into its appropriate patch files: ``git format-patch -2``
Coding Guidelines
-----------------
=================
Like any other project we have some small guidelines about our source code, too.
The rules we have are not there to punish you - the rules are in place to help
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considerations for Python 2 compatibility **should** be taken at any time.
Formatting
^^^^^^^^^^
----------
* Python: Tabs **shall not** be used. Every indentation level should be 4 spaces
* XML: Tabs **shall not** be used. Every indentation level should be 2 spaces
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2>/dev/null`` now you can call the linter using ``gg=G`` in command mode.
Text generation
###############
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Template processor **should** be used for generating config files. Built-in
string formatting **may** be used for simple line-oriented formats where every
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The default template processor for VyOS code is Jinja2_.
Summary
#######
-------
When modifying the source code, remember these rules of the legacy elimination
campaign:
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* No code incompatible with Python3
Python
------
======
The switch to the Python programming language for new code is not merely a
change of the language, but a chance to rethink and improve the programming
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modules or even rewrite a whole bunch of code in the new style XML/Pyhon
interface.
Configuration script structure and behaviour
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Configuration Script Structure and Behaviour
--------------------------------------------
Your configuration script or operation mode script which is also written in
Python3 should have a line break on 80 characters. This seems to be a bit odd
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``interfaces-bonding.py`` (for tag nodes) implementation. Both files can be
found in the vyos-1x_ repository.
XML - CLI
---------
XML (used for CLI definitions)
==============================
The bash (or better vbash) completion in VyOS is defined in *templates*.
Templates are text files (called ``node.def``) stored in a directory tree. The
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editor can alleviate the issue with verbosity.
Example:
^^^^^^^^
.. code-block:: xml
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and so on is implemented in configuration scripts instead.
Guidelines
^^^^^^^^^^
----------
Use of numbers
##############
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Use of numbers in command names **should** be avoided unless a number is a
part of a protocol name or similar. Thus, ``protocols ospfv3`` is perfectly
fine, but something like ``server-1`` is questionable at best.
Help String
###########
^^^^^^^^^^^
To ensure uniform look and feel, and improve readability, we should follow a
set of guidelines consistently.
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* Bad: "Disables IPv6 forwarding"
Migrating old CLI
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-----------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 25 25 50
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- All logic should be in the scripts
Continous Integration
---------------------
=====================
VyOS makes use of Jenkins_ as our Continous Integration (CI) service. Our CI
server is publicly accessible here: https://ci.vyos.net. You can get a brief