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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+.. International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+.. Copyright 2022 ONAP
+
+.. _setting-up:
+
+Setting Up
+==========
+
+.. warning:: This guide describes the concept of using 'submodules' for
+ documentation. Submodules are no longer supported and have been removed.
+ This guide is partly outdated and needs an update.
+
+ The aggregation of individual project documentation to a coherent set of
+ ONAP release documentation is now done in ReadTheDocs using the ONAP 'doc'
+ project as its root.
+
+ONAP documentation is stored in git repositories, changes are managed
+with gerrit reviews, and published documents generated when there is a
+change in any source used to build the documentation.
+
+Authors create source for documents in reStructured Text (RST) that is
+rendered to HTML and published on Readthedocs.io.
+The developer Wiki or other web sites can reference these rendered
+documents directly allowing projects to easily maintain current release
+documentation.
+
+Some initial set up is required to connect a project with
+the master document structure and enable automated publishing of
+changes as summarized in the following diagram and description below
+below.
+
+.. seqdiag::
+ :height: 700
+ :width: 1000
+
+ seqdiag {
+ DA [label = "Doc Project\nAuthor/Committer", color=lightblue];
+ DR [label = "Doc Gerrit Repo" , color=pink];
+ PR [label = "Other Project\nGerrit Repo", color=pink ];
+ PA [label = "Other Project\nAuthor/Committer", color=lightblue];
+
+ PA -> DR [label = "Add project repo as\ngit submodule" ];
+ DR -> DA [label = "Review & Plan to\nIntegrate Content with\nTocTree Structure" ];
+ DR <-- DA [label = "Vote +2/Merge" ];
+ PA <-- DR [label = "Merge Notification" ];
+ PA -> PR [label = "Create in project repo\ntop level directory and index.rst" ];
+ PR -> DA [label = "Add as Reviewer" ];
+ PR <-- DA [label = "Approve and Integrate" ];
+ PA <-- PR [label = "Merge" ];
+ }
+
+Setup project repositories
+--------------------------
+These steps are performed for each project repository that
+provides documentation.
+
+1. Set two variables that will be used in the subsequent steps.
+Set *reponame* to the project repository you are setting up
+just as it appears in the **Project Name** column of
+the Gerrit projects page.
+Set *lfid* to your Linux Foundation identity that you use to
+login to gerrit or for git clone requests over ssh.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ reponame=
+ lfid=
+
+2. Add a directory in the doc project where your
+project will be included as a submodule and at least one reference
+from the doc project to the documentation index in your repository.
+The following sequence will do this over ssh. Please note that the
+reference to your project in *repolist.rst* should be considered
+temporary and removed when you reference it from more appropriate
+place.
+
+.. caution::
+
+ If your access network restricts ssh, you will need to use equivalent
+ git commands and HTTP Passwords as described `here <http://wiki.onap.org/x/X4AP>`_.
+
+.. caution::
+
+ Don't replace ../ in *git submodule add* with any relative path on
+ your local file system. It refers to the location of your repository
+ on the server.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ git clone ssh://$lfid@gerrit.onap.org:29418/doc
+ cd doc
+ mkdir -p `dirname docs/submodules/$reponame`
+ git submodule add ../$reponame docs/submodules/$reponame.git
+ git submodule init docs/submodules/$reponame.git
+ git submodule update docs/submodules/$reponame.git
+
+ echo " $reponame <../submodules/$reponame.git/docs/index>" >> docs/release/repolist.rst
+
+ git add .
+ git commit -s
+ git review
+
+.. caution::
+ Wait for the above change to be merged before any merge to the
+ project repository that you have just added as a submodule.
+ If the project repository added as submodule changes before the
+ doc project merge, git may not automatically update the submodule
+ reference on changes and/or the verify job will fail in the step below.
+
+
+3. Create a docs directory in your repository with
+an index.rst file. The following sequence will complete the minimum
+required over ssh. As you have time to convert or add new content you
+can update the index and add files under the docs folder.
+
+.. hint::
+ If you have additional content, you can include it by editing the
+ index.rst file and/or adding other files before the git commit.
+ Check "Templates and Examples" section in :ref:`setting-up` and
+ :ref:`converting-to-rst` for more information.
+
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ git clone ssh://$lfid@gerrit.onap.org:29418/$reponame
+ cd $reponame
+ mkdir docs
+ echo ".. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+
+ TODO Add files to toctree and delete this header
+ ------------------------------------------------
+ .. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ " > docs/index.rst
+
+ git add .
+ git commit -s
+ git review
+
+
+The diagram below illustrates what is accomplished in the setup steps
+above from the perspective of a file structure created for a local test,
+a jenkins verify job, and/or published release documentation including:
+
+- ONAP gerrit project repositories,
+
+- doc project repository master document index.rst, templates,
+ configuration, and other documents
+
+- submodules directory where other project repositories and
+ directories/files are referenced
+
+- file structure: directories (ellipses), files(boxes)
+
+- references: directory/files (solid edges), git submodule
+ (dotted edges), sphinx toctree (dashed edges)
+
+.. graphviz::
+
+
+ digraph docstructure {
+ size="8,12";
+ node [fontname = "helvetica"];
+ // Align gerrit repos and docs directories
+ {rank=same doc aaf aai reponame repoelipse vnfsdk vvp}
+ {rank=same confpy release templates masterindex submodules otherdocdocumentelipse}
+ {rank=same releasedocumentindex releaserepolist}
+
+ //Illustrate Gerrit Repos and provide URL/Link for complete repo list
+ gerrit [label="gerrit.onap.org/r", href="https://gerrit.onap.org/r/#/admin/projects/" ];
+ doc [href="https://gerrit.onap.org/r/gitweb?p=doc.git;a=tree"];
+ gerrit -> doc;
+ gerrit -> aaf;
+ gerrit -> aai;
+ gerrit -> reponame;
+ gerrit -> repoelipse;
+ repoelipse [label=". . . ."];
+ gerrit -> vnfsdk;
+ gerrit -> vvp;
+
+ //Show example of local reponame instance of component info
+ reponame -> reponamedocsdir;
+ reponamesm -> reponamedocsdir;
+ reponamedocsdir [label="docs"];
+ reponamedocsdir -> repnamedocsdirindex;
+ repnamedocsdirindex [label="index.rst", shape=box];
+
+ //Show detail structure of a portion of doc/docs
+ doc -> docs;
+ docs -> confpy;
+ confpy [label="conf.py",shape=box];
+ docs -> masterindex;
+ masterindex [label="Master\nindex.rst", shape=box];
+ docs -> release;
+ docs -> templates;
+ docs -> otherdocdocumentelipse;
+ otherdocdocumentelipse [label="...other\ndocuments"];
+ docs -> submodules
+
+ masterindex -> releasedocumentindex [style=dashed, label="sphinx\ntoctree\nreference"];
+
+ //Show submodule linkage to docs directory
+ submodules -> reponamesm [style=dotted,label="git\nsubmodule\nreference"];
+ reponamesm [label="reponame.git"];
+
+ //Example Release document index that references component info provided in other project repo
+ release -> releasedocumentindex;
+ releasedocumentindex [label="index.rst", shape=box];
+ releasedocumentindex -> releaserepolist [style=dashed, label="sphinx\ntoctree\nreference"];
+ releaserepolist [label="repolist.rst", shape=box];
+ release -> releaserepolist;
+ releaserepolist -> repnamedocsdirindex [style=dashed, label="sphinx\ntoctree\nreference"];
+
+ }
+
+Branches in the DOC Project
+---------------------------
+
+The DOC project 'master' branch aggregates the 'latest' content
+from all ONAP project repositories contributing documentation into a
+single tree file structure as described in the previous section. This
+branch is continuously integrated and deployed at Read The
+Docs as the 'latest' ONAP Documentation by:
+
+* Jenkins doc-verify-rtd and doc-merge-rtd jobs triggered whenever patches on
+ contributing repositories contain rst files at or below a top level
+ 'docs' folder.
+
+* Subscription in the DOC project to changes in submodule repositories.
+ These changes appear in the DOC project as commits with title
+ 'Updated git submodules' when a change to a contributing project
+ repository is merged. No DOC project code review occurs, only a
+ submodule repository commit hash is updated to track the head of each
+ contributing master branch.
+
+For each ONAP named release the DOC project creates a branch with the
+release name. The timing of the release branch is determined by
+work needed in the DOC project to prepare the release branch and the
+amount of change unrelated to the release in the master branch.
+For example contributing projects that create named release branches
+early to begin work on the next release and/or contributing projects
+to the master that are not yet part of the named release would result
+in an earlier named release branch to cleanly separate work to stabilize
+a release from other changes in the master branch.
+
+A named release branch is integrated and deployed at Read The Docs
+as the 'named release' by aggregating content from contributing
+project repositories. A contributing project repository can
+choose one of the following for the 'named release' branch:
+
+* Remove the contributing project repository submodule and RST
+ references when not part of the named release.
+
+* Provide a commit hash or tag for the contributing project master
+ branch to be used for the life of the release branch or until a
+ request is submitted to change the commit hash or tag.
+
+* Provide the commit hash for the head of a named release branch
+ created in the contributing project repository. This option
+ may be appropriate if frequent changes are expected over the
+ life of the named release and work the same way as the continuous
+ integration and deployment described for the master branch.
+
+The decision on option for each contributing project repository
+can be made or changed before the final release is approved. The
+amount of change and expected differences between master and a
+named release branch for each repository should drive the choice of
+option and timing.
+
+About GIT branches
+------------------
+
+GIT is a powerful tool allowing many actions, but without respecting some rules
+the GIT structure can be quickly hard to maintain.
+
+Here are some conventions about GIT branches:
+
+ - ALWAYS create a local branch to edit or create any file. This local branch
+ will be considered as a topic in Gerrit and allow contributors to
+ work at the same time on the same project.
+
+ - 1 feature = 1 branch. In the case of documentation, a new chapter
+ or page about a new code feature can be considered as a 'doc feature'
+
+ - 1 bug = 1 branch. In the case of documentation, a correction on an
+ existing sentence can be considered as a 'doc bug'
+
+ - the master branch is considered as "unstable", containing new features that
+ will converge to a stable situation for the release date.
+
+The day of the release, the repository owner will create a new branch to
+fix the code and documentation. This will represent the 'stable' code of the
+release. In this context:
+
+ - NEVER push a new feature on a stable branch
+
+ - Only bug correction are authorized on a stable branch using
+ cherry pick method
+
+.. image:: media/git_branches.png