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Development expects Elixir 1.19 and Erlang/OTP. The opt-in integration checks also use InspIRCd on 127.0.0.1:6667 and, depending on the check, atheme-services, irssi, tmux, and sudo.

Setup

Fetch dependencies and generate the local TLS fixtures. Fixture generation requires openssl and only needs to run once after checkout:

mix deps.get
bin/setup-tests

Run the standard project checks:

mix format --check-formatted
mix compile --warnings-as-errors
mix test
mix docs
mix hex.build --unpack

Testing

Run the default automated suite:

mix test

Run the suite with the project coverage floor:

mix cover

Run repeatable microbenchmarks for the protocol hot paths:

mix bench

The benchmark uses only the Erlang/Elixir runtime and reports median and p95 sample time plus operations per second. Compare results on the same machine and runtime; it is intended for detecting relative regressions rather than publishing cross-machine absolute numbers.

Integration and release checks

Run the full standard verification gate when the local IRC services are available:

scripts/run_verification_gates.sh

Include the optional irssi cross-client check:

IRCXD_INCLUDE_IRSSI=1 scripts/run_verification_gates.sh

The integration tests expect a local InspIRCd on 127.0.0.1:6667. Additional opt-in scripts create disposable local fixtures for services-backed IRCv3 and real standard-replies coverage:

scripts/run_services_integration.sh
scripts/run_standard_replies_integration.sh
scripts/run_irssi_manual_check.sh
scripts/run_irssi_server_check.sh

Versioning and release tags

The package version follows Semantic Versioning. Choose the increment based on the public API change, then update mix.exs with:

bin/bump-version <major|minor|patch>
  • major is for incompatible public API changes.
  • minor is for backward-compatible functionality.
  • patch is for backward-compatible fixes.

For versions below 1.0.0, Hex recommends using a minor increment for breaking changes. The package version remains plain MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, as required by Hex. After committing the version change and completing the release checks, create its local Git tag with:

bin/release

The release script reads the version from mix.exs, creates the corresponding vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH tag, and refuses to replace an existing local or remote tag. The v prefix follows the Git-tag example in the SemVer specification; it is not part of the Hex package version. The script does not publish the package or push the tag. Do those explicitly after reviewing the release:

mix hex.publish
git push origin vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH