Merge pull request #5838 from tobiasd/20181006-lng

[friendica.git] / doc / Developers-Intro.md

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@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Whether you feel like an expert or like a newbie - join us with your ideas!
 The discussion of Friendica development takes place in the following Friendica forums:
 
 * The main [forum for Friendica development](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers)
-* The [forum for Friendica theme development](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs)
 
 ## Help other users
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ If you don't want to translate the UI, or it is already done to your satisfactio
 Are you good at designing things?
 If you have seen Friendica you probably have ideas to improve it, haven't you?
 
-* If you would like to work with us on enhancing the user interface, please join the [UX Watchdogs forum](https://fc.oscp.info/profile/ux-watchdogs)
+* If you would like to work with us on enhancing the user interface, please join the [forum for Friendica development](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers).
 * Make plans for a better Friendica interface design and share them with us.
 * Tell us if you are able to realize your ideas or what kind of help you need.
        We can't promise we have the right skills in the group but we'll try.
@@ -48,6 +47,23 @@ Friendica uses [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to manage dependencies librar
 
 It's a command-line tool that downloads required libraries into the `vendor` folder and makes any namespaced class in `src` available through the whole application through `boot.php`.
 
+If you want to have git automatically update the dependencies with composer, you can use the `post-merge` [git-hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) with a script similar to this one:
+
+    #/usr/bin/env bash
+    # MIT © Sindre Sorhus - sindresorhus.com
+    # forked by Gianluca Guarini
+    # phponly by Ivo Bathke ;)
+    # modified for Friendica by Tobias Diekershoff
+    changed_files="$(git diff-tree -r --name-only --no-commit-id ORIG_HEAD HEAD)"
+    check_run() {
+                   echo "$changed_files" | grep --quiet "$1" && eval "$2"
+    }
+    # `composer install` if the `composer.lock` file gets changed
+    # to update all the php dependencies
+    check_run composer.lock "bin/composer.phar install --no-dev"
+
+just place it into `.git/hooks/post-merge` and make it executable.
+
 * [Class autoloading](help/autoloader)
 * [Using Composer](help/Composer)
 * [How To Move Classes to `src`](help/Developer-How-To-Move-Classes-to-src)
@@ -124,7 +140,7 @@ If you want to get involved here:
 * Look at the first steps that were made (e.g. the clean theme).
        Ask us to find out whom to talk to about their experiences.
 * Talk to design people if you know any.
-* Let us know about your plans [in the dev forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers) or the [theme developer forum](https://friendica.eu/profile/ftdevs).
+* Let us know about your plans [in the dev forum](https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/developers)
        Do not worry about cross-posting.
 
 ### Client software