From e3f5a96c9fbb5a44d4ca83848ec5ad97df2ecf15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 08:51:55 +0200 Subject: documented the make files-update make option Signed-off-by: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'CONTRIBUTING.md') diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 2c97025d7b..4b120ba7f1 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ The NDEBUG macro is not used in GnuTLS compilation, so the assert() macros are always active. +# Auto-generated files: + Several parts of the documentation and the command line tools parameters +files (.def) are auto-generated. Normally when introducing new functions, +or adding new command line options to tools you need to run 'make +files-update', review the output (when feasible) and commit it separately, +e.g., with a message: "auto-generated files update". + + # Guile bindings: Parts of the Guile bindings, such as types (aka. "SMOBs"), enum values, -- cgit v1.2.1