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authorfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2021-09-29 14:40:43 +0800
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@@ -963,37 +963,41 @@ Subtrees
Several parts of the repository are subtrees of software maintained elsewhere.
-Some of these are maintained by active developers of Bitcoin Core, in which case changes should probably go
-directly upstream without being PRed directly against the project. They will be merged back in the next
-subtree merge.
+Some of these are maintained by active developers of Bitcoin Core, in which case
+changes should go directly upstream without being PRed directly against the project.
+They will be merged back in the next subtree merge.
-Others are external projects without a tight relationship with our project. Changes to these should also
-be sent upstream, but bugfixes may also be prudent to PR against Bitcoin Core so that they can be integrated
-quickly. Cosmetic changes should be purely taken upstream.
+Others are external projects without a tight relationship with our project. Changes
+to these should also be sent upstream, but bugfixes may also be prudent to PR against
+a Bitcoin Core subtree, so that they can be integrated quickly. Cosmetic changes
+should be taken upstream.
-There is a tool in `test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh` ([instructions](../test/lint#git-subtree-checksh)) to check a subtree directory for consistency with
-its upstream repository.
+There is a tool in `test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh` ([instructions](../test/lint#git-subtree-checksh))
+to check a subtree directory for consistency with its upstream repository.
Current subtrees include:
- src/leveldb
- - Upstream at https://github.com/google/leveldb ; Maintained by Google, but
- open important PRs to Core to avoid delay.
+ - Subtree at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/leveldb-subtree ; maintained by Core contributors.
+ - Upstream at https://github.com/google/leveldb ; maintained by Google. Open
+ important PRs to the subtree to avoid delay.
- **Note**: Follow the instructions in [Upgrading LevelDB](#upgrading-leveldb) when
merging upstream changes to the LevelDB subtree.
- src/crc32c
- Used by leveldb for hardware acceleration of CRC32C checksums for data integrity.
- - Upstream at https://github.com/google/crc32c ; Maintained by Google.
+ - Subtree at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/crc32c-subtree ; maintained by Core contributors.
+ - Upstream at https://github.com/google/crc32c ; maintained by Google.
- src/secp256k1
- - Upstream at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/ ; actively maintained by Core contributors.
+ - Upstream at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/ ; maintained by Core contributors.
- src/crypto/ctaes
- - Upstream at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/ctaes ; actively maintained by Core contributors.
+ - Upstream at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/ctaes ; maintained by Core contributors.
- src/univalue
- - Upstream at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/univalue ; actively maintained by Core contributors, deviates from upstream https://github.com/jgarzik/univalue
+ - Subtree at https://github.com/bitcoin-core/univalue-subtree ; maintained by Core contributors.
+ - Deviates from upstream https://github.com/jgarzik/univalue.
Upgrading LevelDB
---------------------