tidaldb/CONTRIBUTING.md
jx12n ad4134e280 chore: doc consolidation, seven-dimension review fixes, and commit hooks
- Eliminate the tidal/ self-contained doc mirror; docs now have two canonical
  homes (root *.md and docs/), with planning/specs/research/reviews moved up
- Remove stale .agents/skills and .ai mirrors; canonicalize skills under .claude/
- Add pre-commit hook + scripts/check-docs.sh doc-guard + scripts/install-hooks.sh
- Implement M0-M10 seven-dimension review findings across engine, net, server,
  and tidalctl (durability, replication, query, WAL, storage, CLI hardening)
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# Contributing to tidalDB
## Quick Start
```bash
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/orchard9/tidaldb && cd tidaldb
# Confirm the engine compiles and all tests pass
cargo test --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
# Confirm doc tests and examples compile and run
cargo test --doc --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
cargo test --examples --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
```
## Run Samples Checklist
Before opening a PR that touches public API or examples, verify all samples still work:
```bash
# Doc tests (default features)
cargo test --doc --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
# Doc tests with optional features
cargo test --doc --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml --features test-utils,metrics
# All four examples compile and run
cargo run --example quickstart --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
cargo run --example cli_embedding --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
cargo run --example axum_embedding --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml # Ctrl+C to stop
cargo run --example actix_embedding --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml # Ctrl+C to stop
```
Expected output for `quickstart`:
```
build: dev
uptime: 0.000s
health: ok
tidalDB opened, verified, and closed. M0 complete.
```
## Full Quality Gate
The pre-commit hook enforces these automatically on staged Rust files:
```bash
cargo fmt --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml -- --check
cargo clippy --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml -- -D warnings
cargo test --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml --lib
```
Run the complete gate manually:
```bash
cargo fmt --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
cargo clippy --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml -- -D warnings
cargo test --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml
cargo bench --manifest-path tidal/Cargo.toml --no-run # ensure benches compile
```
## Project Layout
This is a Cargo workspace — the `tidaldb` engine crate is at `tidal/`, with `tidal-net/`,
`tidal-server/`, and `tidalctl/` as siblings and example consumers under `applications/`.
See **[CLAUDE.md § Repository Structure](CLAUDE.md#repository-structure)** for the full,
canonical layout (including the `tidal/src/` module map and the `docs/` doc homes).
## Coding Standards
See [CODING_GUIDELINES.md](CODING_GUIDELINES.md) for the full engineering standards.
Key rules:
- `Result<T, TidalError>` everywhere — no panics on recoverable failures
- `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` — relaxed only at explicit FFI boundaries with `// SAFETY:` comment
- Property tests for invariants, criterion benchmarks for performance claims
- `cargo clippy -D warnings` must pass with zero warnings