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Thank you for your interest in contributing to urbit.
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## Development practice
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You may have an identity on the live network, but doing all your
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development on the live network would be cumbersome and unnecessary.
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Standard practice in urbit development is to work on a fake `~zod`. A
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fake `~zod` will get its initial files from the `urb/zod/` directory
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rather than trying to sync them over the network, which is invaluable
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for working in Hoon. Also, a fake `~zod` or any fake urbit instances you
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start do not talk to the live network, but to a fake network that exists
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only on your computer.
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To start a fake `~zod`, the command is:
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bin/urbit -c -F -I \~zod [pier directory]
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(Your shell may not require backslash escaping the `~`.) To resume one
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that was already created, just as on the live network, remove `-c` (but
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leave the rest of the options there). `-F` uses the fake network, and
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`-I` starts an "imperial" instance - that is, an 8-bit galaxy.
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## Kernel development
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Working on either C or non-kernel Hoon should not bring any surprises,
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but the Hoon kernel (anything under `urb/zod/arvo/`) is bootstrapped
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from `urbit.pill` in `urb/`, and must be manually recompiled if any
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changes are made. The command to manually recompile the kernel and
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install the new kernel is `|reset` in `dojo`. This rebuilds from the
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`arvo` directory in the `home` desk in `%clay`. Currently, `|reset`
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does not reload apps like `dojo` itself, which will still reference the
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old kernel. To force them to reload, make a trivial edit to their main
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source file (under the `ape` directory) in `%clay`.
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If you do any kernel development, be sure to read the section below about
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pills.
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## Git practice
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Since we use the GitHub issue tracker, it is helpful to contribute via a
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@ -69,6 +104,44 @@ less obvious stylistic rules are:
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is visually closed by the `--` that closes the core. The empty comment
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is also sometimes omitted in data structure definitions.
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## The kernel and pills
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urbit bootstraps itself using a binary blob called `urbit.pill`, which
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we do indeed keep in version control. This creates some special
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requirements. If you are not changing anything in the kernel (everything
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under `urb/zod/arvo/`) then you can skim this section (please at least
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skim it, though). If you are working there, then this section is
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critically important!
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The procedure for creating `urbit.pill` is often called "soliding". It
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is somewhat similar to `|reset`, but instead of replacing your running
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kernel, it writes the compiled kernel to a file. The command to solid
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is, on a fakezod:
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.urbit/pill +solid
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When the compilation finishes, your `urbit.pill` will be found in the
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`[pier]/.urb/put/` directory. Copy it into `urb/` and add it to your
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commit.
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The requirement here is that every commit that changes the kernel must
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come with an `urbit.pill` built from the same code in `urb/zod/arvo/`
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for that commit. This is so that checking out an arbitrary revision and
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starting up a fakezod actually works as expected. However you do this is
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fine, but I like to do it as part of my committing process - just before
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`git commit`, I fire up a new fakezod. This will use the previous
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`urbit.pill`, but the kernel code in `%clay` will be copied from
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`urb/zod/arvo/`, so `+solid` will compile it. Then I copy `urbit.pill`
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into `urb/` and make my commit.
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If you rebase or interactive rebase your commits, be sure to preserve
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this property on all the commits you end up with. If multiple people
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were collaborating on your branch, you may end up with conflicts in
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`urbit.pill` and have to merge the branch into itself to resolve them.
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Just do the same procedure to create a new, merged pill before
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committing the merge. Otherwise, just make sure to use the correct
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`urbit.pill` for each commit.
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## What to work on
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If you are not thinking of contributing with a specific goal in mind,
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