vimr/DEVELOP.md

How to develop

No change in NvimServer

If you did not change NvimServer, i.e. NvimServer, NvimServerTypes, and neovim, then, do the following to run VimR:

• ./bin/download_nvimserver.sh
• Run VimR scheme in Xcode

A development version of VimR will be built and run, i.e. the bundle identifier will be com.qvacua.VimR.dev and the name of the app will be VimR-dev. If you want to build a development version as a release build, then use the following:

clean=true ./bin/build_vimr_dev.sh

Changes in NvimServer

Since SwiftPM does not support a script phase, we have to copy some files manually, e.g. NvimServer binary. This can be done with the following:

build_libnvim=true clean=true ./bin/build_nvimserver_for_local_dev.sh

See the build_nvimserver_for_local_dev script for default values of the env vars. You can also use a watch script as follows (it uses entr):

clean_initial_build=true ./bin/watch_nvimserver_and_build

When clean_initial_build is true, the script will clean and build, then continuously invoke the build_nvimserver_for_local_dev script.

How to release

NvimServer

• Tag with the name nvimserver-x.y.z-n. GitHub actions will build the x86_64 version, create a release and upload it.
• Build the arm64 version locally and upload it:

  clean=true build_libnvim=true ./NvimServer/bin/build_nvimserver.sh
  

• Build a universal binary by the following and upload the artefact:

  tag=nvimserver-x.y.z-n ./NvimServer/bin/build_release.sh
  

VimR

• Set a new version of VimR via

  is_snapshot=true ./bin/set_new_versions.sh # for snapshot or
  is_snapshot=false marketing_version=0.38.3 ./bin/set_new_versions.sh # for release
  

  and commit. This will create a ${bundle_version}-snapshot/release.sh file to be used with build_release.sh and release-notes.temp.md for release notes.
• Tag with the name
  • Snapshot: snapshot/yyyymmdd.HHMMSS
  • Release: vX.Y.Z-yyyymmdd.HHMMSS
• Push
• Add release notes to release-notes.temp.md.
• Build, package and upload via

  create_gh_release=true upload=true update_appcast=true \
  release_spec_file=....sh \
  ./bin/build_release.sh
  

• The appcast{-snapshot}.xml file is modified. Check and push.