Environment

This guide provides language-neutral environment preparation guidance. For Python-specific setup and commands, see the Python environment guide.

Initial Installation

  1. Ensure that you have installed Git LFS.

  2. Clone your fork of the repository.

  3. Install Git LFS hooks in the repository:

    git lfs install

  4. Install language- and stack-specific tooling required by the project. The exact tools vary by repository and should be documented in project-specific overlays (for example, the Python environment guide).

  5. Install Git pre-commit and pre-push hooks using the workflow documented by the project.

Git Commit Signatures

Git commit signatures are required for all contributions to maintain code integrity and authenticity.

  1. Configure Git commit signing by following the GitHub commit signing guide.

  2. If you choose to use SSH keys for Git commit signing, you may want to set up local verification of SSH signatures. See the GitLab documentation on local verification for configuration details (this applies to GitHub repositories as well).

Installation Updates

  1. Pull the latest changes:

    git pull

  2. Refresh local development environments and tool caches according to the stack-specific guidance for the project.

Language-Specific Overlays