Terminal.Gui Project
All files required to build the Terminal.Gui library (and NuGet package).
Project Folder Structure
Terminal.Gui.sln- The Visual Studio solutionCore/- Source files for all types that comprise the core building blocks of Terminal-GuiApplication- Astaticclass that provides the base 'application driver'. Given it defines a Terminal.Gui application it is both logically and literally (becausestatic) a singleton. It has direct dependencies onMainLoop,Events.csNetDriver,CursesDriver,WindowsDriver,Responder,View, andTopLevel(and nothing else).MainLoop- DefinesIMainLoopDriverand implements theMainLoopclass.ConsoleDriver- Definition for the Console Driver API.Events.cs- Defines keyboard and mouse-related structs & classes.PosDim.cs- Implements Computed Layout system. These classes have deep dependencies onView.Responder- Base class for the windowing class hierarchy. Implements support for keyboard & mouse input.View- Derived fromResponder, the base class for non-modal visual elements such as controls.Toplevel- Derived fromView, the base class for modal visual elements such as top-level windows and dialogs. Supports the concept ofMenuBarandStatusBar.Window- Derived fromTopLevel; implements toplevel views with a visible frame and Title.
Types/- A folder (not namespace) containing implementations ofPoint,Rect, andSizewhich are ancient versions of the modernSystem.Drawing.Point,System.Drawing.Size, andSystem.Drawning.Rectangle.ConsoleDrivers/- Source files for the threeConsoleDriver-based drivers: .NET:NetDriver, Unix & Mac:UnixDriver, and Windows:WindowsDriver.Views/- A folder (not namespace) containing the source for all built-in classes that drive fromView(non-modals).Windows/- A folder (not namespace) containing the source of all built-in classes that derive fromWindow.
Version numbers
Version info for Terminal.Gui is managed by gitversion.
Install gitversion:
dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool
dotnet-gitversion
The project version (the nuget package and in Terminal.Gui.dll) is determined from the latest git tag.
The format of version numbers is vmajor.minor.patch.build.height and follows the Semantic Versioning rules.
To define a new version (e.g. with a higher major, minor, patch, or build value) tag a commit using git tag:
git tag v1.3.4-beta.5 -a -m "Release v1.3.4 Beta 5"
dotnet-gitversion /updateprojectfiles
dotnet build -c Release
DO NOT COMMIT AFTER USING /updateprojectfiles!
Doing so will update the .csproj files in your branch with version info, which we do not want.
Publishing a Release of Terminal.Gui
First, use the Semantic Versioning rules.to determine the new verison number.
Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
- MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes
- MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner
- PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes
Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.
To release a new version (e.g. with a higher major, minor, or patch value) tag a commit using git tag and then push that tag directly to the main branch on github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.Gui (upstream).
The tag must be of the form v<major>.<minor>.<patch>, e.g. v2.3.4.
patch can indicate pre-release or not (e.g. pre, beta, rc, etc...).
1) Verify the develop branch is ready for release
- Ensure everything is committed and pushed to the
developbranch - Ensure your local
developbranch is up-to-date withupstream/develop
2) Create a pull request for the release in the develop branch
The PR title should be of the form "Release v2.3.4"
git checkout develop
git pull upstream develop
git checkout -b v2_3_4
git add .
git commit -m "Release v2.3.4"
git push
Go to the link printed by git push and fill out the Pull Request.
3) On github.com, verify the build action worked on your fork, then merge the PR
4) Pull the merged develop from upstream
git checkout develop
git pull upstream develop
5) Merge develop into main
git checkout main
git pull upstream main
git merge develop
Fix any merge errors.
6) Create a new annotated tag for the release on main
git tag v2.3.4 -a -m "Release v2.3.4"
7) Push the new tag to main on upstream
git push --atomic upstream main v2.3.4
See https://stackoverflow.com/a/3745250/297526
8) Monitor Github Actions to ensure the Nuget publishing worked.
https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.Gui/actions
9) Check Nuget to see the new package version (wait a few minutes)
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Terminal.Gui
10) Add a new Release in Github: https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.Gui/releases
Generate release notes with the list of PRs since the last release.
11) Update the develop branch with the new version
git checkout develop
git pull upstream develop
git merge main
git push upstream develop
Nuget
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Terminal.Gui
When a new version tag is defined and merged into main, a Nuget package will be generated by a Github Action.
If the version is pre-release (includes a hyphen, e.g. 1.3.4-beta.5) the Nuget package will be tagged as pre-release.
Miguel & Tig can hide defunct/old Nuget packages.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md.