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# OSTree Contributing Tutorial
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The following guide is about OSTree forking, building, adding a command, testing the command, and submitting the change.

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## Getting Started

Fork https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree, then run the following commands.

```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/<username>/ostree && cd ostree
$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree
$ git checkout main
$ git fetch upstream && git branch --set-upstream-to=upstream/main main
```
Make a branch from main for your patch.

```bash
$ git checkout -b <name-of-branch>
$ git branch --set-upstream-to=upstream/main <name-of-branch>
```

## Building OSTree

### Install Build Dependencies

Execute one of the following group commands as superuser depending on your machine's package manager.

For Fedora:

```bash
$ dnf install @buildsys-build dnf-plugins-core && \
dnf builddep ostree
```

For CentOS:

```bash
$ yum install yum-utils dnf-plugins-core && \
yum-builddep ostree
```

For Debian based distros:

```bash
$ apt-get update && \
apt-get install build-essential && \
apt-get build-dep ostree
```

[build.sh](https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/blob/main/ci/build.sh) will have a list of packages needed to build ostree.

### OSTree Build Commands

These are the basic commands to build OSTree. Depending on the OS that OSTree will be built for, the flags or options for `./autogen.sh` and `./configure` will vary.

See `ostree-build.sh` in this tutorial below for specific commands to building OSTree for Fedora 28 and Fedora 28 Atomic Host.

```bash
# optional: autogen.sh will run this if necessary
git submodule update --init

env NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh

# run ./configure if makefile does not exist
./configure

make
make install DESTDIR=/path/to/install/binary
```

#### Notes

Running `git submodule update --init` is optional since `autogen.sh` will check to see if one of the submodule files for example from `libglnx/` or from `bsdiff/` exists.

Additionally, `autogen.sh` will check to see if the environment variable `NOCONFIGURE` is set. To run `./configure` manually, run autogen in a modified environment as such, `env NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh`.

Otherwise, leave `NOCONFIGURE` empty and `autogen.sh` will run `./configure` as part of the `autogen.sh` command when it executes.

For more information on `--prefix` see [Variables for Installation Directories](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html#Directory-Variables).

`make install` will generate files for `/bin` and `/lib`. If `DESTDIR` is unspecified then OSTree will be installed in the default directory i.e. `/usr/local/bin` and its static libraries in `/usr/local/lib`. Note that the `/usr/local` portion of the path can be changed using the `--prefix` option for `./configure`.

See this [GNU guide on `DESTDIR` Staged Installs](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html) for more information.

#### Tip

Make allows parallel execution of recipes. Use `make -j<N>` to speed up the build. `<N>` is typically `$((2 * $(nproc)))` for optimal performance, where `nproc` is the number of processing units (CPU cores) available.

See page 106 of the [GNU Make Manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.pdf) for more information about the `--jobs` or `-j` option.

## Testing a Build

It is best practice to build software (definitely including ostree) in a container or virtual machine first.

### Testing in a Container

There are a variety of container engines available and many distributions have pre-packaged versions of e.g. [Podman](https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod) and Docker.

If you choose to use [Docker upstream](https://docs.docker.com/v17.09/engine/installation/linux/docker-ce/fedora/), you may want to follow this [post-installation guide for Docker](https://docs.docker.com/v17.09/engine/installation/linux/linux-postinstall/). This will allow you to run Docker as a non-root user on a Linux based host machine.

You will need to have pushed a remote git branch `$REMOTE_BRANCH` (see `ostree-git.sh below`) in order to pull your changes into a container.

The example below uses Docker to manage containers. Save the contents of this **Dockerfile** somewhere on your machine:

```bash
# this pulls the fedora 28 image
FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:28

# install ostree dependencies
RUN dnf update -y && \
    dnf -y install @buildsys-build dnf-plugins-core  && \
    dnf -y builddep ostree  && \
    dnf clean all

# clone ostree and update main branch
COPY ostree-git.sh /
RUN ../ostree-git.sh

# builds ostree + any additional commands
COPY ostree-build.sh /

# entry into the container will start at this directory
WORKDIR /ostree

# run the following as `/bin/sh -c`
# or enter the container to execute ./ostree-build.sh
RUN ../ostree-build.sh

```

Save the following bash scripts in the same directory as the Dockerfile. Then change the mode bit of these files so that they are executable, by running `chmod +x ostree-git.sh ostree-build.sh`

```bash
#!/bin/bash

# ostree-git.sh
# Clone ostree and update main branch

set -euo pipefail

# Set $USERNAME to your GitHub username here.
USERNAME=""

# clone your fork of the OSTree repo, this will be in the "/" directory
git clone https://github.com/$USERNAME/ostree.git
cd ostree

# Add upstream as remote and update main branch
git checkout main  
git remote add upstream https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree.git
git pull --rebase upstream main
```

```bash
#!/bin/bash

# ostree-build.sh
# Build and test OSTree

set -euo pipefail

# $REMOTE_BRANCH is the name of the remote branch in your
# repository that contains changes (e.g. my-patch).
REMOTE_BRANCH=""

# fetch updates from origin
# origin url should be your forked ostree repository
git fetch origin

# go to branch with changes
# if this branch already exists then checkout that branch
exit_code="$(git checkout --track origin/$REMOTE_BRANCH; echo $?)"
if [[ "$exit_code" == 1 ]]
then
    echo "This branch:" $REMOTE_BRANCH "is not a remote branch."
    exit
fi

# make sure branch with changes is up-to-date
git pull origin $REMOTE_BRANCH

# build OSTree commands for Fedora 28 and Fedora 28 Atomic Host
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --sysconfdir=/etc
./configure --prefix=/usr
make -j$((2 * $(nproc)))
make install

# any additional commands go here
```

**Build the container**

Run `docker build` in the same directory of the `Dockerfile` like so:

```bash
$ docker build -t ostree-fedora-test .
```

When this build is done, the `-t` option tags the image as `ostree-fedora-test`.  

**Note**: Do not forget the dot **.** at the end of the above command which specifies the location of the Dockerfile.

You will see `ostree-fedora-test` listed when running `docker images`:

```bash
REPOSITORY                                 TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
ostree-fedora-test                         latest              817c04cc3656        1 day ago          978MB
```

**Entering the Container**

To **start** the `ostree-fedora-test` container, run:

```bash
$ docker run -it --rm --entrypoint /bin/sh --name ostree-testing ostree-fedora-test
```

**Note**:

`--rm` option tells [Docker to automatically clean up the container and remove the file system when the container exits](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#clean-up---rm). Otherwise remove it manually by running `docker rm <container name>`.

The state of the container will not be saved when the shell prompt exits. Best practice is modify the Dockerfile to modify the image.

**Testing in a Container Workflow**

1. Edit the changes to OSTree on your local machine.
2. `git add` to stage the changed files, `git commit` and then `git push origin <local-branch>:<remote-branch>`.
3. Testing on a _new_ container vs. Testing on an _existing_ container:

    If the `ostree-testing` container was newly built right after your changes have been committed, then the container's build of `ostree` should contain your changes.

    Else: Within the `ostree-testing` container, run `../ostree-build.sh` in the ostree directory. This will pull in changes from your branch and create a new `ostree` build.

4. `make install` will install OSTree in the default location i.e. `/usr/..`in a Fedora 28 container.

5. Test `ostree`.

### Testing in a Virtual Machine

To create a Fedora 28 Atomic Host Vagrant VM, run the following commands:

```bash
$ mkdir atomic && cd atomic
$ vagrant init fedora/28-atomic-host && vagrant up
```

An option is to use `rsync` to transfer `ostree` files to a Vagrant VM.

To find the IP address of a Vagrant VM, run `vagrant ssh-config` in the same directory as the `Vagrantfile`.

**Steps to `rsync` files to test an `ostree` build**:

1. Copy the contents of your public ssh key on your host machine e.g. `id_rsa.pub` to `/home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys` on the VM.

2. Run `sudo su`, followed by `ssh localhost` then press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>c</kbd> to exit from the decision prompt. This will create the `.ssh` directory with the right permissions.

3. Using `Vagrant` as the user, run `sudo cp ~/.ssh/authorized_keys /root/.ssh/`. So that user `root` has the the same login credentials.

4. To override the `Read-only file system` warning, run `sudo ostree admin unlock`.

5. `<ostree-install-dir>` will serve as the local install location for `ostree` and the path to this directory should be _absolute_ when specified in `DESTDIR`.

6. Set `rsync` to sync changes in `/etc` and `/usr` from `<ostree-install-dir>/` on the host to the VM:

        $ rsync -av <ostree-install-dir>/etc/ root@<ip-address>:/etc
        $ rsync -av <ostree-install-dir>/usr/ root@<ip-address>:/usr

    Using option `-n` will execute the commands as a trial, which is helpful to list the files that will be synced.

7. Run the commands in step 6 each time a new `ostree` build is executed to update the change. Running `ls -lt` in the directory where the changed file is expected, is a simple way to check when a particular file was last modified. Proceed to the test changes `ostree` with the most recent changes.

## Tutorial: Adding a basic builtin command to ostree

### Modifying OSTree

This will add a command which prints `Hello OSTree!` when `ostree hello-ostree` is entered.

1. Create a file in `src/ostree` named `ot-builtin-hello-ostree.c`. Code that lives in here belongs to OSTree, and uses functionality from libostree.

2. Add the following to `ot-builtin-hello-ostree.c`:

        #include "config.h"

        #include "ot-main.h"
        #include "ot-builtins.h"
        #include "ostree.h"
        #include "otutil.h"

        // Structure for options such as ostree hello-ostree --option.
        static GOptionEntry options[] = {
          { NULL },
        };

        gboolean
        ostree_builtin_hello_ostree (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocation, GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error)
        {
          g_autoptr(GOptionContext) context = NULL;
          g_autoptr(OstreeRepo) repo = NULL;
          gboolean ret = FALSE;

          // Creates new command context, ready to be parsed.
          // Input to g_option_context_new shows when running ostree <command> --help
          context = g_option_context_new ("");

          // Parses the command context according to the ostree CLI.
          if (!ostree_option_context_parse (context, options, &argc, &argv, invocation, &repo, cancellable, error))
            goto out;

          g_print("Hello OSTree!\n");

          ret = TRUE;
         out:
          return ret;
        }

    This defines the functionality for `hello-ostree`. Now we have to make sure the CLI can refer to the execution function, and that autotools knows to build this file.

3. Add the following in `src/ostree/main.c`:

        { "hello-ostree",               // The name of the command
          OSTREE_BUILTIN_FLAG_NO_REPO,  // Flag not to require the `--repo` argument, see "ot-main.h"
          ostree_builtin_hello_ostree,  // Execution function for the command
          "Print hello message" },      // Short description to appear when `ostree hello-ostree --help` is entered

4. Add a macro for the function declaration of `ostree_builtin_hello_ostree`, in `ot-builtins.h`:

        BUILTINPROTO(hello_ostree);

    This makes the function definition visible to the CLI.

5. Configure automake to include `ot-builtin-hello-ostree.c` in the build, by adding an entry in `Makefile-ostree.am` under `ostree_SOURCES`:

        src/ostree/ot-builtin-hello-ostree.c \

6. Rebuild ostree:

        $ make && make install DESTDIR=/path/to/install/the/content

7. Execute the new `ostree` binary, from where you installed it:

        $ ostree hello-ostree
        Hello OSTree!

### OSTree Tests

Tests for OSTree are done by shell scripting, by running OSTree commands and examining output. These steps will go through adding a test for `hello-ostree`.

1. Create a file in `tests` called `test-hello-ostree.sh`.

2. Add the following to `test-hello-ostree.sh`:

        set -euo pipefail           # Ensure the test will not silently fail

        . $(dirname $0)/libtest.sh  # Make libtest.sh functions available

        echo "1..1"                 # Declare which test is being run out of how many

        pushd ${test_tmpdir}

        ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree hello-ostree > hello-output.txt
        assert_file_has_content hello-output.txt "Hello OSTree!"

        popd

        echo "ok hello ostree"      # Indicate test success

    Many tests require a fake repository setting up (as most OSTree commands require `--repo` to be specified). See `test-pull-depth.sh` for an example of this setup.

3. Configure automake to include `test-hello-ostree.sh` in the build, by adding an entry in `Makefile-tests.am` under `_installed_or_uninstalled_test_scripts`:

        tests/test-hello-ostree.sh \

4. Make sure `test-hello-ostree.sh` has executable permissions!

        $ chmod +x tests/test-hello-ostree.sh

5. Run the test:

        $ make check TESTS="tests/test-hello-ostree.sh"

    Multiple tests can be specified: `make check TESTS="test1 test2 ..."`. To run all tests, use `make check`.

    Hopefully, the test passes! The following will be printed:

        PASS: tests/test-hello-ostree.sh 1 hello ostree
        ============================================================================
        Testsuite summary for libostree 2018.8
        ============================================================================
        # TOTAL: 1
        # PASS:  1
        # SKIP:  0
        # XFAIL: 0
        # FAIL:  0
        # XPASS: 0
        # ERROR: 0
        ============================================================================

### Submitting a Patch

After you have committed your changes and tested, you are ready to submit your patch!

You should make sure your commits are placed on top of the latest changes from `upstream/main`:

```bash
$ git pull --rebase upstream main
```

To submit your patch, open a pull request from your forked repository. Most often, you'll be merging into `ostree:main` from `<username>:<branch name>`.

If some of your changes are complete and you would like feedback, you may also open a pull request that has WIP (Work In Progress) in the title.

Before a pull request is considered merge ready, your commit messages should fall within the specified guideline. See [Commit message style](CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-message-style).

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#submitting-patches) for information on squashing commits, and alternative options to submit patches.

### Returning Workflow

When returning to work on a patch, it is recommended to update your fork with the latest changes in the upstream main branch.

If creating a new branch:

```bash
$ git checkout main
$ git pull upstream main
$ git checkout -b <name-of-patch>
```

If continuing on a branch already created:

```bash
$ git checkout <name-of-patch>
$ git pull --rebase upstream main
```
