Folder Layout

There are a lot of folders in Drasil, and it can be especially confusing to a first-time contributor which folders we should change, and which folders are generated artifacts. This article will only document the subfolders within Drasil/code.

Hand-made Folders

Folder	Description
datafiles	Contains helper files for each example, including system figures or images, graphs, sample inputs, and object-oriented code libraries for use with GOOL.
drasil-build	Outlines basic types and functions needed to generate Makefiles and compile generated code.
drasil-code	Holds the language for types, classes, and functions related to generating code.
drasil-code-base	Proxy package between drasil-printers and drasil-code, for the bits of code in drasil-printers that relies on bits of drasil-code (CodeExpr specifically).
drasil-data	Fundamental knowledge that is shareable amongst many pieces of software. Includes common concepts in mathematics, physics, and computer science.
drasil-database	Database aspects of information collection. Contains the ChunkDB and SystemInformation types which are central to document generation.
drasil-docLang	Drasil language related to generated document structure.
drasil-example	Examples of Drasil use. Generates code, SRS documents, and Traceability Graphs.
drasil-gen	For generating all artifacts.
drasil-gool	Renderer for generating code in object oriented languages.
drasil-lang	Representation language for Drasil, often with Chunks.
drasil-metadata	Metadata used throughout Drasil. Currently just domains.
drasil-printers	Document renderer. Can print for .dot, .tex, .html, and .md files
drasil-theory	General requirements knowledge for generating SRS with Definitions and Models
drasil-utils	Various utility functions.
drasil-website	Website generator for Drasil.
scripts	General scripts used to help compile and analyze the Drasil framework.
stable	Contains stable versions of all generated example SRSs and code. Changes should only be made to this folder if both the generated versions contain the change and the new change is correct. Essentially, changes should only be made by using make stabilize or by copying and pasting complete files from the generated build folder to this one. Otherwise, manually changing something here will break the Continuous Integration.
Makefile and other files	Holds information to compile Drasil and

Any of the above files/folders can be changed manually except for stable. For more information about stable, see the Workflow wiki. All of the drasil- prefixed folders are the source code for generating files. Any changes meant to fix an issue with the generated SRS or code artifacts should be made there.

Generated Folders

Folder	Description
analysis	Generates dot graphs and a data table to analyze the Drasil framework.
build	Examples and example code generates here. Running make tex will also put the fully rendered PDFs in this folder.
debug	Automatic logs generate here from the examples with a list of all UIDs and some other knowledge that may be helpful in debugging.
deploy	Gathers all files needed to test deployment of the Drasil website locally. These include analysis, some parts of build, docs, graphs, traceygraphs, and `website
docs	Generates the Haddock documentation for Drasil in two variants: one with fully exposed modules and the other with some hidden modules. If you can't find what you are looking for in the normal version, take a look at the full version (under the full folder within docs).
graphs	Holds module dependency graphs. See make graphs for more details.
logs	Automatic tests compare the contents of build against those in stable. The diff logs are then placed here.
traceygraphs	Generates dot graphs to mirror the traceability matrices found on each SRS.
website	Holds the HTML files needed to produce the website.

These folders shouldn't be changed manually, as any changes will be overwritten by the make targets.