bitcoin/contrib/README.md
Wladimir J. van der Laan da6d18b6c7 devtools: replace github-merge with python version
This is meant to be a direct translation of the bash script,
with the difference that it retrieves the PR title from github,
thus creating pull messages like:

    Merge #12345: Expose transaction temperature over RPC
2016-01-20 13:02:45 +01:00

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Wallet Tools

SpendFrom

Use the raw transactions API to send coins received on a particular address (or addresses).

Repository Tools

Developer tools

Specific tools for developers working on this repository. Contains the script github-merge.py for merging github pull requests securely and signing them using GPG.

Verify-Commits

Tool to verify that every merge commit was signed by a developer using the above github-merge.py script.

Linearize

Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain.

Qos

A Linux bash script that will set up traffic control (tc) to limit the outgoing bandwidth for connections to the Bitcoin network. This means one can have an always-on bitcoind instance running, and another local bitcoind/bitcoin-qt instance which connects to this node and receives blocks from it.

Seeds

Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client.

Build Tools and Keys

Debian

Contains files used to package bitcoind/bitcoin-qt for Debian-based Linux systems. If you compile bitcoind/bitcoin-qt yourself, there are some useful files here.

Gitian-descriptors

Gavin's notes on getting gitian builds up and running using KVM.

Gitian-downloader

Various PGP files of core developers.

MacDeploy

Scripts and notes for Mac builds.

Test and Verify Tools

TestGen

Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests.

Test Patches

These patches are applied when the automated pull-tester tests each pull and when master is tested using jenkins.

Verify SF Binaries

This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from SourceForge.