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diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index c86648c5b8..bb477d4be0 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ tool to clean up patches automatically before submission. - **Symbol naming conventions**. These are preferred in new code, but are not required when doing so would need changes to significant pieces of existing code. - - Variable and namespace names are all lowercase, and may use `_` to + - Variable (including function arguments) and namespace names are all lowercase, and may use `_` to separate words (snake_case). - Class member variables have a `m_` prefix. - Global variables have a `g_` prefix. @@ -827,7 +827,16 @@ To create a scripted-diff: - `-BEGIN VERIFY SCRIPT-` - `-END VERIFY SCRIPT-` -The scripted-diff is verified by the tool `test/lint/commit-script-check.sh` +The scripted-diff is verified by the tool `test/lint/commit-script-check.sh`. The tool's default behavior when supplied +with a commit is to verify all scripted-diffs from the beginning of time up to said commit. Internally, the tool passes +the first supplied argument to `git rev-list --reverse` to determine which commits to verify script-diffs for, ignoring +commits that don't conform to the commit message format described above. + +For development, it might be more convenient to verify all scripted-diffs in a range `A..B`, for example: + +```bash +test/lint/commit-script-check.sh origin/master..HEAD +``` Commit [`bb81e173`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/bb81e173) is an example of a scripted-diff. |