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patch-db/CONTRIBUTING.md
Matt Hill 86b0768bbb audit fixes, repo restructure, and documentation
Soundness and performance audit (17 fixes):
- See AUDIT.md for full details and @claude comments in code

Repo restructure:
- Inline json-ptr and json-patch submodules as regular directories
- Remove cbor submodule, replace serde_cbor with ciborium
- Rename patch-db/ -> core/, patch-db-macro/ -> macro/,
  patch-db-macro-internals/ -> macro-internals/, patch-db-util/ -> util/
- Purge upstream CI/CD, bench, and release cruft from json-patch
- Remove .gitmodules

Test fixes:
- Fix proptest doesnt_crash (unique file paths, proper close/cleanup)
- Add PatchDb::close() for clean teardown

Documentation:
- Add README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CLAUDE.md, AUDIT.md
- Add TSDocs to TypeScript client exports

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-23 19:06:42 -07:00

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# Contributing
## Prerequisites
- **Rust** — stable toolchain (edition 2018+)
- **Node.js** — v16+ with npm
## Building
### Rust
```bash
cargo build # Build all crates
cargo build --features debug # Build with tracing support
```
### TypeScript client
```bash
cd client
npm install
npm run build # Compiles to dist/
npm run check # Type-check without emitting
```
## Testing
### Rust
```bash
cargo test # Run all tests
cargo test -p patch-db # Core crate only
cargo test -p json-ptr # JSON Pointer crate only
cargo test -p json-patch # JSON Patch crate only
```
The core crate uses `proptest` for property-based testing.
### TypeScript
The client uses pre-commit hooks (husky) for linting:
```bash
cd client
npx prettier --check "**/*.{js,ts,html,md,less,json}"
npx tslint --project .
```
## CLI utility
`patch-db-util` provides commands for inspecting and restoring database files:
```bash
# Dump database state as JSON
cargo run -p patch-db-util -- dump path/to/my.db
# Restore database from JSON on stdin
echo '{"count": 42}' | cargo run -p patch-db-util -- from-dump path/to/my.db
```
## Code style
### Rust
- Follow standard `rustfmt` conventions
- Use `thiserror` for error types
- Async functions use `tokio`
### TypeScript
- Prettier for formatting (runs via pre-commit hook)
- TSLint for linting (runs via pre-commit hook)
- RxJS conventions: suffix observables with `$`
## Making changes
1. **Check [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md)** to understand which crate(s) your change touches
2. **Follow existing patterns** — look at neighboring code before inventing new abstractions
3. **Cross-layer changes** (Rust types that affect the TS client) require updating both sides to keep the wire format compatible:
- `Revision` and `Dump` types must match between `core/src/patch.rs` and `client/lib/types.ts`
- Patch operations (add/remove/replace) must match between `json-patch/` and `client/lib/json-patch-lib.ts`
4. **Run tests** before submitting
## Commit conventions
- Use imperative mood in commit messages ("add feature", not "added feature")
- Keep commits focused — one logical change per commit