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2. RGBDS Folder Organization 2. RGBDS Folder Organization
---------------------------- ----------------------------
The RGBDS source code file structure somewhat resembles the following: The RGBDS source code file structure is as follows:
:: ::
. .
├── .github/ ├── .github/
│ ├── actions/ │ ├── scripts/
│ │ └── ... │ │ └── ...
│ └── workflows/ │ └── workflows/
│ └── ... │ └── ...
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ The RGBDS source code file structure somewhat resembles the following:
│ └── run-tests.sh │ └── run-tests.sh
├── .clang-format ├── .clang-format
├── CMakeLists.txt ├── CMakeLists.txt
├── Dockerfile
├── Makefile ├── Makefile
└── README.rst └── README.rst
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- ``.github/`` - files and scripts related to the integration of the RGBDS codebase with - ``.github/`` - files and scripts related to the integration of the RGBDS codebase with
GitHub. GitHub.
* ``actions/`` - scripts used by workflow files. * ``scripts/`` - scripts used by workflow files.
* ``workflows/`` - CI workflow description files. * ``workflows/`` - CI workflow description files.
- ``contrib/`` - scripts and other resources which may be useful to users and developers of - ``contrib/`` - scripts and other resources which may be useful to users and developers of
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- ``.clang-format`` - code style for automated C++ formatting with |clang-format|_. - ``.clang-format`` - code style for automated C++ formatting with |clang-format|_.
- ``Dockerfile`` - defines how to build RGBDS with Docker.
3. History 3. History
---------- ----------
- 1997-07-03: Carsten Sørensen (a.k.a. SurfSmurf) writes ASMotor as a - 1996-10-01: Carsten Sørensen (a.k.a. SurfSmurf) releases
general-purpose assembler/linker system for DOS/Win32. `xAsm <http://otakunozoku.com/RGBDSdocs/asm.htm>`__,
`xLink <http://otakunozoku.com/RGBDSdocs/link.htm>`__, and
`RGBFix <http://otakunozoku.com/RGBDSdocs/fix.htm>`__,
a Game Boy SM83 (GBZ80) assembler/linker system for DOS/Win32.
- 1999-08-01: Justin Lloyd (a.k.a. Otaku no Zoku) adapts ASMotor to read and - 1997-07-03: Sørensen releases `ASMotor <http://otakunozoku.com/RGBDSdocs/geninfo.htm>`__,
produce GBZ80 assembly/machine code, and releases this version as RGBDS. packaging the three programs together and moving towards making them a
general-purpose target-independent system.
- 1999-08-01: Justin Lloyd (a.k.a. Otaku no Zoku) adapts ASMotor to re-focus
on SM83 assembly/machine code, and releases this version as
`RGBDS <http://otakunozoku.com/rednex-gameboy-development-system/>`__.
- 2009-06-11: Vegard Nossum adapts the code to be more UNIX-like and releases - 2009-06-11: Vegard Nossum adapts the code to be more UNIX-like and releases
this version as rgbds-linux on `GitHub <https://github.com/vegard/rgbds-linux>`__. this version as `rgbds-linux <https://github.com/vegard/rgbds-linux>`__.
- 2010-01-12: Anthony J. Bentley forks that repository. The fork becomes the reference - 2010-01-12: Anthony J. Bentley `forks <https://github.com/bentley>`__ Nossum's
implementation of RGBDS. repository. The fork becomes the reference implementation of RGBDS.
- 2017-02-23: Bentley's repository is moved to a neutral name, Rednex. - 2015-01-18: stag019 begins implementing `rgbgfx <https://github.com/stag019/rgbgfx>`__,
a PNG‐to‐Game Boy graphics converter, for eventual integration into RGBDS.
- 2018-01-26: The codebase relicensed under the MIT license. - 2016-09-05: rgbgfx is `integrated <https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds/commit/c3c31138ddbd8680d4e67957e387f2816798a71b>`__
into Bentley's repository.
- 2020-09-15: The repository is moved to the `gbdev <https://github.com/gbdev>`__ - 2017-02-23: Bentley's repository is moved to the `rednex <https://github.com/rednex>`__
organization. The `rgbds.gbdev.io <https://rgbds.gbdev.io>`__ website serving documentation organization.
and downloads is created.
- 2018-01-26: The codebase is `relicensed <https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds/issues/128>`__
under the MIT license.
- 2020-09-15: The repository is `moved <https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds/issues/567>`__
to the `gbdev <https://github.com/gbdev>`__ organization.
- 2022-05-17: The `rgbds.gbdev.io <https://rgbds.gbdev.io>`__ website for RGBDS
documentation and downloads is published.
4. Acknowledgements 4. Acknowledgements
------------------- -------------------