stash/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md

# Building from Source

## Pre-requisites

* [Go](https://golang.org/dl/)
* [GolangCI](https://golangci-lint.run/) - A meta-linter which runs several linters in parallel
  * To install, follow the [local installation instructions](https://golangci-lint.run/usage/install/#local-installation)
* [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install) - Yarn package manager

## Environment

### Windows

1. Download and install [Go for Windows](https://golang.org/dl/)
2. Download and extract [MinGW64](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/) (scroll down and select x86_64-posix-seh, don't use the autoinstaller, it doesn't work)
3. Search for "Advanced System Settings" and open the System Properties dialog.
    1. Click the `Environment Variables` button
    2. Under System Variables find `Path`. Edit and add `C:\MinGW\bin` (replace with the correct path to where you extracted MingW64).

NOTE: The `make` command in Windows will be `mingw32-make` with MinGW. For example, `make pre-ui` will be `mingw32-make pre-ui`.

### macOS

1. If you don't have it already, install the [Homebrew package manager](https://brew.sh).
2. Install dependencies: `brew install go git yarn gcc make node ffmpeg`

### Linux

#### Arch Linux

1. Install dependencies: `sudo pacman -S go git yarn gcc make nodejs ffmpeg --needed`

#### Ubuntu

1. Install dependencies: `sudo apt-get install golang git gcc nodejs ffmpeg -y`
2. Enable corepack in Node.js: `corepack enable`
3. Install yarn: `corepack prepare yarn@stable --activate`

## Commands

* `make pre-ui` - Installs the UI dependencies. This only needs to be run once after cloning the repository, or if the dependencies are updated.
* `make generate` - Generates Go and UI GraphQL files. Requires `make pre-ui` to have been run.
* `make ui` - Builds the UI. Requires `make pre-ui` to have been run.
* `make stash` - Builds the `stash` binary (make sure to build the UI as well... see below)
* `make stash-release` - Builds a release version the `stash` binary, with debug information removed
* `make phasher` - Builds the `phasher` binary
* `make phasher-release` - Builds a release version the `phasher` binary, with debug information removed
* `make build` - Builds both the `stash` and `phasher` binaries
* `make build-release` - Builds release versions of both the `stash` and `phasher` binaries
* `make docker-build` - Locally builds and tags a complete 'stash/build' docker image
* `make docker-cuda-build` - Locally builds and tags a complete 'stash/cuda-build' docker image
* `make validate` - Runs all of the tests and checks required to submit a PR
* `make lint` - Runs `golangci-lint` on the backend
* `make it` - Runs all unit and integration tests
* `make fmt` - Formats the Go source code
* `make fmt-ui` - Formats the UI source code
* `make server-start` - Runs a development stash server in the `.local` directory
* `make server-clean` - Removes the `.local` directory and all of its contents
* `make ui-start` - Runs the UI in development mode. Requires a running Stash server to connect to. The server port can be changed from the default of `9999` using the environment variable `VITE_APP_PLATFORM_PORT`. The UI runs on port `3000` or the next available port.

## Local development quickstart

1. Run `make pre-ui` to install UI dependencies
2. Run `make generate` to create generated files
3. In one terminal, run `make server-start` to run the server code
4. In a separate terminal, run `make ui-start` to run the UI in development mode
5. Open the UI in a browser: `http://localhost:3000/`

Changes to the UI code can be seen by reloading the browser page.

Changes to the backend code require a server restart (`CTRL-C` in the server terminal, followed by `make server-start` again) to be seen.

On first launch:

1. On the "Stash Setup Wizard" screen, choose a directory with some files to test with
2. Press "Next" to use the default locations for the database and generated content
3. Press the "Confirm" and "Finish" buttons to get into the UI
4. On the side menu, navigate to "Tasks -> Library -> Scan" and press the "Scan" button
5. You're all set! Set any other configurations you'd like and test your code changes.

To start fresh with new configuration:

1. Stop the server (`CTRL-C` in the server terminal)
2. Run `make server-clean` to clear all config, database, and generated files (under `.local`)
3. Run `make server-start` to restart the server
4. Follow the "On first launch" steps above

## Building a release

Simply run `make` or `make release`, or equivalently:

1. Run `make pre-ui` to install UI dependencies
2. Run `make generate` to create generated files
3. Run `make ui` to build the frontend
4. Run `make build-release` to build a release executable for your current platform

## Cross compiling

This project uses a modification of the [CI-GoReleaser](https://github.com/bep/dockerfiles/tree/master/ci-goreleaser) docker container to create an environment
where the app can be cross-compiled.  This process is kicked off by CI via the `scripts/cross-compile.sh` script.  Run the following
command to open a bash shell to the container to poke around:

`docker run --rm --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/stash -w /stash -i -t stashapp/compiler:latest /bin/bash`

## Profiling

Stash can be profiled using the `--cpuprofile <output profile filename>` command line flag.

The resulting file can then be used with pprof as follows:

`go tool pprof <path to binary> <path to profile filename>`

With `graphviz` installed and in the path, a call graph can be generated with:

`go tool pprof -svg <path to binary> <path to profile filename> > <output svg file>`