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Welcome to the development wiki of SPECFEM3D. The goal of this page is to provide instructions and best practices to guide developers and contributing scientists. It is intended as a developer reference, not as a replacement for the user manual.
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Best Practices: Accepted conventions for SPECFEM development are described here. To create a product that is maintainable over the long term, it is important that contributing scientists follow these conventions.
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Using Git for SPECFEM: The standard way of contributing to SPECFEM development is described here. This approach is recommended for most users, especially those not familiar with Git.
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FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY / PLEASE DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING / Advanced Git Topics: Alternative procedures for contributing to SPECFEM are described here, along with advanced aspects of Git and GitHub. MOST USERS CAN SAFELY IGNORE THIS SECTION.
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Versioning Conventions: The conventions behind SPECFEM's version numbering system are explained here.
