Merge pull request #959 from status-im/publish

Makefile: add "publish-book" target

Makefile

@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ TOOLS_CSV := $(subst $(SPACE),$(COMMA),$(TOOLS))
 	clean-testnet1 \
 	testnet1 \
 	clean \
-	libbacktrace
+	libbacktrace \
+	schlesi \
+	schlesi-dev \
+	book \
+	publish-book
 
 ifeq ($(NIM_PARAMS),)
 # "variables.mk" was not included, so we update the submodules.
@@ -153,5 +157,21 @@ libnfuzz.a: | build deps
 		$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim c -d:release --app:staticlib --noMain --nimcache:nimcache/libnfuzz_static -o:build/$@ $(NIM_PARAMS) nfuzz/libnfuzz.nim && \
 		[[ -e "$@" ]] && mv "$@" build/ # workaround for https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12745
 
+book:
+	cd docs && \
+	mdbook build
+
+publish-book: | book
+	git worktree add tmp-book gh-pages && \
+	rm -rf tmp-book/* && \
+	cp -a docs/book/* tmp-book/ && \
+	cd tmp-book && \
+	git add . && { \
+		git commit -m "make publish-book" && \
+		git push origin gh-pages || true; } && \
+	cd .. && \
+	git worktree remove -f tmp-book && \
+	rm -rf tmp-book
+
 endif # "variables.mk" was not included
 

README.md

@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ make -j$(nproc) NIMFLAGS="-d:release" USE_MULTITAIL=yes eth2_network_simulation
 make USE_LIBBACKTRACE=0 # expect the resulting binaries to be 2-3 times slower
 ```
 
+- publish a book using [mdBook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook) from sources in "docs/" to GitHub pages:
+
+```bash
+make publish-book
+```
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed and distributed under either of

docs/.gitignore

@@ -1 +1 @@
-book
+/book

docs/src/advanced.md

@@ -16,9 +16,22 @@ Variables -> Path -> Edit -> New -> C:\mingw-w64\mingw64\bin (it's "C:\mingw-w64
 
 Install [Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/) and use a "Git Bash" shell to clone and build nim-beacon-chain.
 
+Install [CMake](https://cmake.org/) to be able to build libunwind (used for [lightweight stack traces](https://github.com/status-im/nim-libbacktrace)).
+
+When running the tests, you might hit some Windows path length limits. Increase them by editing the Registry in a PowerShell instance with administrator privileges:
+
+```powershell
+Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem' -Name 'LongPathsEnabled' -Value 1
+```
+
+and run this in a "Git Bash" terminal:
+
+```bash
+git config --global core.longpaths true
+```
+
 If you don't want to compile PCRE separately, you can fetch pre-compiled DLLs with:
 ```bash
-mingw32-make # this first invocation will update the Git submodules
 mingw32-make fetch-dlls # this will place the right DLLs for your architecture in the "build/" directory
 ```
 
@@ -35,9 +48,9 @@ mingw32-make test # run the test suite
 After cloning the repo:
 
 ```bash
-make # The first `make` invocation will update all Git submodules and prompt you to run `make` again.
-     # It's only required once per Git clone. You'll run `make update` after each `git pull`, in the future,
-     # to keep those submodules up to date.
+# The first `make` invocation will update all Git submodules.
+# You'll run `make update` after each `git pull`, in the future, to keep those submodules up to date.
+make
 
 # Run tests
 make test