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rebar
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=====
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rebar is an Erlang build tool that makes it easy to compile and
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test Erlang applications, port drivers and releases.
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rebar is a self-contained Erlang script, so it's easy to distribute or even
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embed directly in a project. Where possible, rebar uses standard Erlang/OTP
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conventions for project structures, thus minimizing the amount of build
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configuration work. rebar also provides dependency management, enabling
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application writers to easily re-use common libraries from a variety of
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locations (git, hg, etc).
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Building
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--------
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Information on building and installing Erlang/OTP can be found
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in the `INSTALL.md` document.
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### Dependencies
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To build rebar you will need a working installation of Erlang R13B03 (or
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later).
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Should you want to clone the rebar repository, you will also require git.
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#### Downloading
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Clone the git repository:
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$ git clone git://github.com/basho/rebar.git
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#### Building rebar
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$ cd rebar/
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$ ./bootstrap
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Recompile: src/getopt
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...
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Recompile: src/rebar_utils
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==> rebar (compile)
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Congratulations! You now have a self-contained script called "rebar" in
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your current working directory. Place this script anywhere in your path
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and you can use rebar to build OTP-compliant apps.
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Contributing to rebar
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=====================
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Coding style
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------------
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Avoid introducing trailing whitespace.
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### Indentation
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To have consistent indentation we have vi modeline/emacs local variable
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headers in rebar's source files. This works automatically with vi.
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With Emacs you have to declare <code>'erlang-indent-level</code>
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set to <code>4</code>
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as a safe local variable value. If not configured Emacs will prompt
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you to save this as part of custom-set-variables:
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'(safe-local-variable-values (quote ((erlang-indent-level . 4))))
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You can also tell Emacs to ignore file variables:
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(setq enable-local-variables nil
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enable-local-eval nil)
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Writing Commit Messages
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-----------------------
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Structure your commit message like this:
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<pre>
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One line summary (less than 50 characters)
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Longer description (wrap at 72 characters)
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</pre>
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### Summary
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* Less than 50 characters
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* What was changed
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* Imperative present tense (fix, add, change)
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> Fix bug 123
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> Add 'foobar' command
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> Change default timeout to 123
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* No period
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### Description
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* Wrap at 72 characters
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* Why, explain intention and implementation approach
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* Present tense
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### Atomicity
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* Break up logical changes
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* Make whitespace changes separately
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Dialyzer and Tidier
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-------------------
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Before you submit a patch check for discrepancies with
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[Dialyzer](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html):
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<pre>
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$ cd rebar/
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$ ./bootstrap debug
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$ dialyzer ebin -Wunmatched_returns -Werror_handling -Wrace_conditions -Wunderspecs
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</pre>
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The following discrepancies are known and safe to ignore:
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<pre>
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rebar_templater.erl:249: The call rebar_templater:consult(
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Cont1::erl_scan:return_cont(),'eof',
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Acc::[any()])
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contains an opaque term as 1st argument when terms
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of different types are expected in these positions
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rebar_utils.erl:144: Call to missing or unexported function escript:foldl/3
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rebar_utils.erl:165: The created fun has no local return
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</pre>
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It is **strongly recommended** to check the code with
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[Tidier](http://tidier.softlab.ntua.gr:20000/tidier/getstarted).
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Select all transformation options and enable **automatic**
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transformation.
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If Tidier suggests a transformation apply the changes **manually**
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to the source code.
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Do not use the code from the tarball (*out.tgz*) as it will have
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white-space changes
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applied by Erlang's pretty-printer.
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