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DEVELOPING.md

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 Long-running feature branches that aren't ready for merge into `master` may be maintained under a `devel+` prefix, e.g. `devel+metadata` for a feature branch implementing the IRCv3 METADATA extension.
 
 
+## Workflow
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+We have two test suites:
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+1. `make test`, which runs some relatively shallow unit tests, checks `go vet`, and does some other internal consistency checks
+1. `make irctest`, which runs the [irctest](https://github.com/ProgVal/irctest) integration test suite
+
+Barring special circumstances, both must pass for a PR to be accepted. irctest will test the `ergo` binary visible on `$PATH`; make sure your development version is the one being tested. (If you have `~/go/bin` on your `$PATH`, a successful `make install` will accomplish this.)
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+The project style is [gofmt](https://go.dev/blog/gofmt); it is enforced by `make test`. You can fix any style issues automatically by running `make gofmt`.
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+
 ## Updating dependencies
 
 Ergo vendors all dependencies using `go mod vendor`. To update a dependency, or add a new one: