From 64b7d0de8e0ef17cef16ed65700913c905a94f37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: singuliere <35190819+singuliere@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:56:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: modules do not rely on models, services do (#17861) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit services: provide some services for users, usually use database (models) modules: provide some basic functions without database, eg: code parser, etc The major difference is services use database, while modules don’t. Signed-off-by: singuliere --- docs/content/doc/developers/guidelines-backend.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/content/doc/developers/guidelines-backend.md b/docs/content/doc/developers/guidelines-backend.md index 69bdc6d2a646..cca17150b765 100644 --- a/docs/content/doc/developers/guidelines-backend.md +++ b/docs/content/doc/developers/guidelines-backend.md @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ To maintain understandable code and avoid circular dependencies it is important - `models/db`: Basic database operations. All other `models/xxx` packages should depend on this package. The `GetEngine` function should only be invoked from `models/`. - `models/fixtures`: Sample data used in unit tests and integration tests. One `yml` file means one table which will be loaded into database when beginning the tests. - `models/migrations`: Stores database migrations between versions. PRs that change a database structure **MUST** also have a migration step. -- `modules`: Different modules to handle specific functionality in Gitea. Work in Progress: Some of them should be moved to `services`. +- `modules`: Different modules to handle specific functionality in Gitea. Work in Progress: Some of them should be moved to `services`, in particular those that depend on models because they rely on the database. - `modules/setting`: Store all system configurations read from ini files and has been referenced by everywhere. But they should be used as function parameters when possible. - `modules/git`: Package to interactive with `Git` command line or Gogit package. - `public`: Compiled frontend files (javascript, images, css, etc.)