ToolChain API

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Prerequisites

• Go version 1.24.x (1.24.4 or higher) - download for your development environment here.

CodeReady ToolChain API is built using Go modules.

Modifying the API Types

The API types are defined in the api/v1alpha1/*_types.go files. After modifying these files, you must regenerate the derived files (deepcopy, OpenAPI, CRD manifests, and API reference docs) by running:

make generate

This command runs the following steps:

1. Generate deepcopy and CRDs — uses controller-gen to regenerate zz_generated.deepcopy.go and the CRD manifests in config/crd/bases/.
2. Generate OpenAPI — uses openapi-gen to regenerate zz_generated.openapi.go.
3. Generate API reference docs — uses crd-ref-docs to regenerate api/v1alpha1/docs/apiref.adoc.
4. Dispatch CRDs — copies the generated CRD .yaml files to the host-operator and member-operator repositories.

Note: The CRD dispatch step assumes the host-operator and member-operator repositories have been checked out alongside this repository and that they are in a clean state, meaning that they have no pending changes besides previous versions of the CRD files.

Note: After running make generate, you are expected to create PRs in this repository as well as in the host-operator and member-operator repositories where the CRD changes were propagated. Please do not mix other code changes with CRD changes — it is always preferred to promote CRD changes separately for easier PR review.