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========
This directory contains tools for developers working on this repository.
+check-doc.py
+============
+
+Check if all command line args are documented. The return value indicates the
+number of undocumented args.
+
clang-format.py
===============
A script to format cpp source code according to [.clang-format](../../src/.clang-format). This should only be applied to new files or files which are currently not actively developed on. Also, git subtrees are not subject to formatting.
+clang-format-diff.py
+===================
+
+A script to format unified git diffs according to [.clang-format](../../src/.clang-format).
+
+For instance, to format the last commit with 0 lines of context,
+the script should be called from the git root folder as follows.
+
+```
+git diff -U0 HEAD~1.. | ./contrib/devtools/clang-format-diff.py -p1 -i -v
+```
+
fix-copyright-headers.py
========================
Every year newly updated files need to have its copyright headers updated to reflect the current year.
-If you run this script from src/ it will automatically update the year on the copyright header for all
-.cpp and .h files if these have a git commit from the current year.
+If you run this script from the root folder it will automatically update the year on the copyright header for all
+source files if these have a git commit from the current year.
-For example a file changed in 2014 (with 2014 being the current year):
+For example a file changed in 2015 (with 2015 being the current year):
```// Copyright (c) 2009-2013 The Bitcoin Core developers```
would be changed to:
-```// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers```
+```// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers```
git-subtree-check.sh
====================
@@ -38,14 +56,14 @@ Usage: `git-subtree-check.sh DIR COMMIT`
`COMMIT` may be omitted, in which case `HEAD` is used.
-github-merge.sh
+github-merge.py
===============
A small script to automate merging pull-requests securely and sign them with GPG.
For example:
- ./github-merge.sh bitcoin/bitcoin 3077
+ ./github-merge.py 3077
(in any git repository) will help you merge pull request #3077 for the
bitcoin/bitcoin repository.