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@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ guid how to do so.
you open up a Phabricator_ task prior to submitting a Pull-Request to the
documentation.
-Guide
------
+Git Workflow
+------------
+
Updates to our documentation should be delivered by a GitHub pull-request. In
order to create a pull-request you need to fork our documentation code first.
@@ -35,20 +36,6 @@ This requires you already have a GitHub account.
describing your change. Please check the documentation if you aren't familiar
with Sphinx-doc_ or reStructuredText_.
- Note the following RFCs (:rfc:`5737`, :rfc:`3849`, :rfc:`5389` and
- :rfc:`7042`), which describe the reserved public IP addresses and autonomous
- system numbers for the documentation:
-
- * ``192.0.2.0/24``
- * ``198.51.100.0/24``
- * ``203.0.113.0/24``
- * ``2001:db8::/32``
- * 16bit ASN: ``64496 - 64511``
- * 32bit ASN: ``65536 - 65551``
- * Unicast MAC Addresses: ``00-53-00`` to ``00-53-FF``
- * Multicast MAC-Addresses: ``90-10-00`` to ``90-10-FF``
-
- Please don't use other public address space.
* Check your changes by locally building the documentation ``$ make html``
Sphinx will build the html files in the ``docs/_build`` folder
@@ -92,6 +79,47 @@ This requires you already have a GitHub account.
If you want to update your fork on GitHub, too use the following:
``$ git push origin master``
+
+Style Guide
+-----------
+
+Address space
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Note the following RFCs (:rfc:`5737`, :rfc:`3849`, :rfc:`5389` and
+:rfc:`7042`), which describe the reserved public IP addresses and autonomous
+system numbers for the documentation:
+
+ * ``192.0.2.0/24``
+ * ``198.51.100.0/24``
+ * ``203.0.113.0/24``
+ * ``2001:db8::/32``
+ * 16bit ASN: ``64496 - 64511``
+ * 32bit ASN: ``65536 - 65551``
+ * Unicast MAC Addresses: ``00-53-00`` to ``00-53-FF``
+ * Multicast MAC-Addresses: ``90-10-00`` to ``90-10-FF``
+
+Please don't use other public address space.
+
+
+Specific Sphinx-doc Markup
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+When documenting CLI commands use the ``.. cfcmd::`` directive for
+the configuration mode and the ``.. opcmd::`` directive for operational mode
+commands.
+Under the command a short exlaination should be provide.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block::
+
+ .. opcmd:: show protocols static arp
+
+ Display all known ARP table entries spanning accross all interfaces
+
+
+
.. _Sphinx-doc: https://www.sphinx-doc.org
.. _reStructuredText: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/index.html
.. _Phabricator: https://phabricator.vyos.net