All contributors are expected to follow the [Rust Code of Conduct].
-* [Getting started](#getting-started)
- * [Finding something to fix/improve](#finding-something-to-fiximprove)
-* [Writing code](#writing-code)
-* [How Clippy works](#how-clippy-works)
-* [Fixing nightly build failures](#fixing-build-failures-caused-by-rust)
-* [Issue and PR Triage](#issue-and-pr-triage)
-* [Bors and Homu](#bors-and-homu)
-* [Contributions](#contributions)
+- [Contributing to Clippy](#contributing-to-clippy)
+ - [Getting started](#getting-started)
+ - [Finding something to fix/improve](#finding-something-to-fiximprove)
+ - [Writing code](#writing-code)
+ - [Getting code-completion for rustc internals to work](#getting-code-completion-for-rustc-internals-to-work)
+ - [How Clippy works](#how-clippy-works)
+ - [Fixing build failures caused by Rust](#fixing-build-failures-caused-by-rust)
+ - [Issue and PR triage](#issue-and-pr-triage)
+ - [Bors and Homu](#bors-and-homu)
+ - [Contributions](#contributions)
[Discord]: https://discord.gg/rust-lang
[Rust Code of Conduct]: https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct
## Getting started
-High level approach:
+**Note: If this is your first time contributing to Clippy, you should
+first read the [Basics docs](doc/basics.md).**
+
+### High level approach
1. Find something to fix/improve
2. Change code (likely some file in `clippy_lints/src/`)
-3. Follow the instructions in the [docs for writing lints](doc/adding_lints.md) such as running the `setup-toolchain.sh` script
+3. Follow the instructions in the [Basics docs](doc/basics.md) to get set up
4. Run `cargo test` in the root directory and wiggle code until it passes
5. Open a PR (also can be done after 2. if you run into problems)
[rfc_stability]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md#stability-guarantees
[rfc_lint_cats]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md#lint-audit-and-categories
+## Getting code-completion for rustc internals to work
+
+Unfortunately, [`rust-analyzer`][ra_homepage] does not (yet?) understand how Clippy uses compiler-internals
+using `extern crate` and it also needs to be able to read the source files of the rustc-compiler which are not
+available via a `rustup` component at the time of writing.
+To work around this, you need to have a copy of the [rustc-repo][rustc_repo] available which can be obtained via
+`git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/`.
+Then you can run a `cargo dev` command to automatically make Clippy use the rustc-repo via path-dependencies
+which rust-analyzer will be able to understand.
+Run `cargo dev ra-setup --repo-path <repo-path>` where `<repo-path>` is an absolute path to the rustc repo
+you just cloned.
+The command will add path-dependencies pointing towards rustc-crates inside the rustc repo to
+Clippys `Cargo.toml`s and should allow rust-analyzer to understand most of the types that Clippy uses.
+Just make sure to remove the dependencies again before finally making a pull request!
+
+[ra_homepage]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/
+[rustc_repo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/
+
## How Clippy works
[`clippy_lints/src/lib.rs`][lint_crate_entry] imports all the different lint modules and registers in the [`LintStore`].
## Fixing build failures caused by Rust
-Clippy currently gets build with `rustc` of the `rust-lang/rust` `master`
+Clippy currently gets built with `rustc` of the `rust-lang/rust` `master`
branch. Most of the times we have to adapt to the changes and only very rarely
there's an actual bug in Rust.
For general information about `subtree`s in the Rust repository see [Rust's
`CONTRIBUTING.md`][subtree].
-Here is a TL;DR version of the sync process:
+### Patching git-subtree to work with big repos
+
+Currently there's a bug in `git-subtree` that prevents it from working properly
+with the [`rust-lang/rust`] repo. There's an open PR to fix that, but it's stale.
+Before continuing with the following steps, we need to manually apply that fix to
+our local copy of `git-subtree`.
+
+You can get the patched version of `git-subtree` from [here][gitgitgadget-pr].
+Put this file under `/usr/lib/git-core` (taking a backup of the previous file)
+and make sure it has the proper permissions:
+
+```bash
+sudo cp --backup /path/to/patched/git-subtree.sh /usr/lib/git-core/git-subtree
+sudo chmod --reference=/usr/lib/git-core/git-subtree~ /usr/lib/git-core/git-subtree
+sudo chown --reference=/usr/lib/git-core/git-subtree~ /usr/lib/git-core/git-subtree
+```
+
+_Note:_ The first time running `git subtree push` a cache has to be built. This
+involves going through the complete Clippy history once. For this you have to
+increase the stack limit though, which you can do with `ulimit -s 60000`.
+Make sure to run the `ulimit` command from the same session you call git subtree.
+
+_Note:_ If you are a Debian user, `dash` is the shell used by default for scripts instead of `sh`.
+This shell has a hardcoded recursion limit set to 1000. In order to make this process work,
+you need to force the script to run `bash` instead. You can do this by editing the first
+line of the `git-subtree` script and changing `sh` to `bash`.
+
+### Performing the sync
+
+Here is a TL;DR version of the sync process (all of the following commands have
+to be run inside the `rust` directory):
-1. Clone the [`rust-lang/rust`] repository (all of the following commands have
- to be run inside the `rust` directory)
-2. Sync the changes to the copy of Clippy to your fork of the Clippy repository:
+1. Clone the [`rust-lang/rust`] repository
+2. Sync the changes to the rust-copy of Clippy to your Clippy fork:
```bash
# Make sure to change `your-github-name` to your github name in the following command
git subtree push -P src/tools/clippy git@github.com:your-github-name/rust-clippy sync-from-rust
```
+
+ _Note:_ This will directly push to the remote repository. You can also push
+ to your local copy by replacing the remote address with `/path/to/rust-clippy`
+ directory.
+
+ _Note:_ Most of the time you have to create a merge commit in the
+ `rust-clippy` repo (this has to be done in the Clippy repo, not in the
+ rust-copy of Clippy):
+ ```bash
+ git fetch origin && git fetch upstream
+ git checkout sync-from-rust
+ git merge upstream/master
+ ```
3. Open a PR to `rust-lang/rust-clippy` and wait for it to get merged (to
accelerate the process ping the `@rust-lang/clippy` team in your PR and/or
~~annoy~~ ask them in the [Discord] channel.)
-4. Sync the `rust-lang/rust-clippy` master to the copy of Clippy:
+
+### Syncing back changes in Clippy to [`rust-lang/rust`]
+
+To avoid flooding the [`rust-lang/rust`] PR queue, changes in Clippy's repo are synced back
+in a bi-weekly basis if there's no urgent changes. This is done starting on the day of
+the Rust stable release and then every other week. That way we guarantee that
+every feature in Clippy is available for 2 weeks in nightly, before it can get to beta.
+For reference, the first sync following this cadence was performed the 2020-08-27.
+
+All of the following commands have to be run inside the `rust` directory.
+
+1. Make sure Clippy itself is up-to-date by following the steps outlined in the previous
+section if necessary.
+
+2. Sync the `rust-lang/rust-clippy` master to the rust-copy of Clippy:
```bash
git checkout -b sync-from-clippy
git subtree pull -P src/tools/clippy https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy master
```
-5. Open a PR to [`rust-lang/rust`]
+3. Open a PR to [`rust-lang/rust`]
+
+### Defining remotes
+
+You may want to define remotes, so you don't have to type out the remote
+addresses on every sync. You can do this with the following commands (these
+commands still have to be run inside the `rust` directory):
+
+```bash
+# Set clippy-upstream remote for pulls
+$ git remote add clippy-upstream https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy
+# Make sure to not push to the upstream repo
+$ git remote set-url --push clippy-upstream DISABLED
+# Set clippy-origin remote to your fork for pushes
+$ git remote add clippy-origin git@github.com:your-github-name/rust-clippy
+# Set a local remote
+$ git remote add clippy-local /path/to/rust-clippy
+```
+
+You can then sync with the remote names from above, e.g.:
+
+```bash
+$ git subtree push -P src/tools/clippy clippy-local sync-from-rust
+```
-[subtree]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#external-dependencies-subtree
+[gitgitgadget-pr]: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/493
+[subtree]: https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/contributing.html#external-dependencies-subtree
[`rust-lang/rust`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
## Issue and PR triage