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scripts/i18n: introduce --merge-pot-file to control normalization

There are actually *two* kinds of normalization:

- in main branches, where we just want the translations - not any trivially
derived information or temporary or unstructured data.
- in i18n branches, where we want the trivially derived information, and also
want to preserve any other information there might be in the .po files.

If no pot file is specifed, do it as on the main branches and strip everything
but actual translations. This mode will primarily be used when grafting or
rebasing changes from i18n branches.

When a pot file is specified, run GNU msgmerge with it on the po files. The pot
file should ideally be fully updated (as done by extract_messages). That will
establish a common baseline, leaving only the essential changes as needing merge.

If merging from default branches to 18n, it is better to skip .po and .pot in
first 'hg merge' pass, while resolving everything else. Then, with the
uncommitted merge, run 'extract_messages', and then merge the .po files using
--merge-pot-file kallithea/i18n/kallithea.pot .

(Actually, these two different modes could perhaps be auto detected ...)

=======================
Database schema changes
=======================

Kallithea uses Alembic for :ref:`database migrations <upgrade_db>`
(upgrades and downgrades).

If you are developing a Kallithea feature that requires database schema
changes, you should make a matching Alembic database migration script:

1. :ref:`Create a Kallithea configuration and database <setup>` for testing
   the migration script, or use existing ``development.ini`` setup.

   Ensure that this database is up to date with the latest database
   schema *before* the changes you're currently developing. (Do not
   create the database while your new schema changes are applied.)

2. Create a separate throwaway configuration for iterating on the actual
   database changes::

    kallithea-cli config-create temp.ini

   Edit the file to change database settings. SQLite is typically fine,
   but make sure to change the path to e.g. ``temp.db``, to avoid
   clobbering any existing database file.

3. Make your code changes (including database schema changes in ``db.py``).

4. After every database schema change, recreate the throwaway database
   to test the changes::

    rm temp.db
    kallithea-cli db-create -c temp.ini --repos=/var/repos --user=doe --email doe@example.com --password=123456 --no-public-access --force-yes
    kallithea-cli repo-scan -c temp.ini

5. Once satisfied with the schema changes, auto-generate a draft Alembic
   script using the development database that has *not* been upgraded.
   (The generated script will upgrade the database to match the code.)

   ::

    alembic -c development.ini revision -m "area: add cool feature" --autogenerate

6. Edit the script to clean it up and fix any problems.

   Note that for changes that simply add columns, it may be appropriate
   to not remove them in the downgrade script (and instead do nothing),
   to avoid the loss of data. Unknown columns will simply be ignored by
   Kallithea versions predating your changes.

7. Run ``alembic -c development.ini upgrade head`` to apply changes to
   the (non-throwaway) database, and test the upgrade script. Also test
   downgrades.

   The included ``development.ini`` has full SQL logging enabled. If
   you're using another configuration file, you may want to enable it
   by setting ``level = DEBUG`` in section ``[handler_console_sql]``.

The Alembic migration script should be committed in the same revision as
the database schema (``db.py``) changes.

See the `Alembic documentation`__ for more information, in particular
the tutorial and the section about auto-generating migration scripts.

.. __: http://alembic.zzzcomputing.com/en/latest/


Troubleshooting
---------------

* If ``alembic --autogenerate`` responds "Target database is not up to
  date", you need to either first use Alembic to upgrade the database
  to the most recent version (before your changes), or recreate the
  database from scratch (without your schema changes applied).