Code

Building code

• For quick cut and paste...

checking out the main repository, with kerberos authentication for committing:

git clone ssh://p-mu2eofflinesoftwaremu2eoffline@cdcvs.fnal.gov/cvs/projects/mu2eofflinesoftwaremu2eoffline/Offline.git

checking out the main repository, readonly:

git clone http://cdcvs.fnal.gov/projects/mu2eofflinesoftwaremu2eoffline/Offline.git

• git
• scons
• Satellite Releases - building only the part of the code base you need
• Base releases and test releases.

References and How-to's

• Mu2e Geometry: The Big Picture
  • Notes on the geometry files
• Using random numbers:
  • Basic Instructions
  • Complete Instructions

• Magnetic Field Maps.
• Conditions Data
• products and modules
  • Which names need to match each other.
  • The Mantra for making data products.
  • listing products and printing their contents
• What are Services?
  • Services distributed with the framework.
  • Deprecated art services
• About handles.
• Filter Modules.
• Inter-Product References: art::Ptr, art::PtrVector, art::Assns
• cet::map_vector: a new class template
• Exceptions: Mu2e policy, CMS guide to managing exceptions.

Configuring fcl

• SimpleConfig
• Run-time Configuration (.fcl files)
• Trigger_paths, end_paths and reconstruction on demand.
• Configuring input and output modules
• Search path for some run-time files.
• Using and configuring the message logger

Code Management

• The Mu2e git page
• Jenkins - a central build platform
  • Jenkins maintenance
  • Jenkins Nightly build results
• CVMFS - a distributed disk system to serve tagged, static code builds and products
  • for users
  • maintaining content
  • installing at remote sites
• Download - pull a local copy to remote institutions or laptops
• BTrk - the KalMan fitter code is in this non-standard product

Standards and Practices

• Editors: Emacs, vim; policy of not using tab characters.
• CMS code references: Home Offline WorkBook SW Guide
• Units and Coordinate Systems

External Packages

• UPS/UPD as used by Mu2e
• Setting up ROOT by itself
• Mu2e code
• art
• CMS Framework
• Root (v5.28)
• Geant4 DOxygen(v9.4.p01)
• Geant4 LXR
• CLHEP(v.2.2.0.4)
• HepPDT
• fhicl-cpp
• cetlib
• Message Facility
• cpp0x
• BTrk
• LXR browsers for many Fermilab projects
• The art redmine wiki, art-users archive
• Other external software used by Mu2e with links to documentation.