lbrycrd/contrib/README.md
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scripts: remove github-merge.py
This script has been moved to the bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools repository,
after discussion in a core dev meeting. The rationale being that it is also useful to
other projects, and thus should be moved to a more general repository.

Meeting log: http://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2019-08-15.html
See also: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools/pull/28
2019-08-19 19:16:57 +08:00

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Repository Tools

Developer tools

Specific tools for developers working on this repository. Additional tools, including the github-merge.py script, are available in the maintainer-tools repository.

Verify-Commits

Tool to verify that every merge commit was signed by a developer using the github-merge.py script.

Linearize

Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain.

Qos

A Linux bash script that will set up traffic control (tc) to limit the outgoing bandwidth for connections to the Bitcoin network. This means one can have an always-on bitcoind instance running, and another local bitcoind/bitcoin-qt instance which connects to this node and receives blocks from it.

Seeds

Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client.

Build Tools and Keys

Packaging

The Debian subfolder contains the copyright file.

All other packaging related files can be found in the bitcoin-core/packaging repository.

Gitian-descriptors

Files used during the gitian build process. For more information about gitian, see the the Bitcoin Core documentation repository.

Gitian-keys

PGP keys used for signing Bitcoin Core Gitian release results.

MacDeploy

Scripts and notes for Mac builds.

Gitian-build

Script for running full Gitian builds.

Test and Verify Tools

TestGen

Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests.

Verify Binaries

This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from bitcoin.org.