NIP-34 ====== `git` stuff ----------- `draft` `optional` This NIP defines all the ways code collaboration using and adjacent to [`git`](https://git-scm.com/) can be done using Nostr. ## Repository announcements Git repositories are hosted in Git-enabled servers, but their existence can be announced using Nostr events, as well as their willingness to receive patches, bug reports and comments in general. ```jsonc { "kind": 30617, "content": "", "tags": [ ["d", ""], // usually kebab-case short name ["name", ""], ["description", "brief human-readable project description>"], ["web", "", ...], // a webpage url, if the git server being used provides such a thing ["clone", "", ...], // a url to be given to `git clone` so anyone can clone it ["relays", "", ...] // relays that this repository will monitor for patches and issues ] } ``` The tags `web`, `clone`, `relays` can have multiple values. Except `d`, all tags are optional. ## Patches Patches can be sent by anyone to any repository. Patches to a specific repository SHOULD be sent to the relays specified in that repository's announcement event's `"relays"` tag. Patch events SHOULD include an `a` tag pointing to that repository's announcement address. Patches in a patch set SHOULD include a NIP-10 `e` `reply` tag pointing to the previous patch. The first patch revision in a patch revision SHOULD include a NIP-10 `e` `reply` to the original root patch. ```jsonc { "kind": 1617, "content": "", // contents of "tags": [ ["a", "30617::"], ["p", ""], ["p", ""], // optionally send the patch to another user to bring it to their attention // for the first patch in a thread or series ["t", "root"], // optional tags for when it is desirable that the merged patch has a stable commit id // these fields are necessary for ensuring that the commit resulting from applying a patch // has the same id as it had in the proposer's machine -- all these tags can be omitted // if the maintainer doesn't care about these things ["commit", ""], ["parent-commit", ""], ["commit-pgp-sig", "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----..."], // empty string for unsigned commit ["committer", "", "", "", ""], ] } ``` ## Issues Issues are Markdown text that is just human-readable conversational threads related to the repository: bug reports, feature requests, questions or comments of any kind. Like patches, these SHOULD be sent to the relays specified in that repository's announcement event's `"relays"` tag. ```jsonc { "kind": 1621, "content": "", "tags": [ ["a", "30617::"], ["p", ""] ] } ``` ## Replies Replies are also Markdown text. The difference is that they MUST be issued as replies to either a `kind:1621` _issue_ or a `kind:1617` _patch_ event. The threading of replies and patches should follow NIP-10 rules. ```jsonc { "kind": 1622, "content": "", "tags": [ ["a", "30617::", ""], ["e", "", "", "root"], // other "e" and "p" tags should be applied here when necessary, following the threading rules of NIP-10 ["p", "", "", "mention"], ["e", "", "", "reply"], // ... ] } ``` ## Possible things to be added later - "status" kind (for letting people know a patch was merged or an issue was fixed or won't be fixed) - "branch merge" kind (specifying a URL from where to fetch the branch to be merged) - "cover letter" kind (to which multiple patches can refer and serve as a unifying layer to them) - inline file comments kind (we probably need one for patches and a different one for merged files)