SOURCES.md

Primary Sources and Planning References

Access dates should be refreshed in the final repository. These links support planning; implementation must verify the exact versions encountered after kickoff.

Hackathon

• Zero Dependency official website — tracks, zero-dependency definition, submission requirements, bonuses, scoring, rules, timeline, and FAQ.
• Organizer email from Maksim Muravev to Ayan Khan — runtime invocation prohibited; generated metadata permitted with disclosure and graceful degradation; stdin allowed; build tools permitted; C++ includes libc/POSIX; Single File scope; same-machine reproducibility; Package Killer interpretation; no code before kickoff. Preserve the original email separately.

CMake File API

• cmake-file-api(7) — query/reply layout, index file, codemodel v2, configurations, target objects, sources, artifacts, dependencies, and versioning.
• CMake File API codemodel v2 target object — target-specific fields and semantics.
• CMake configure_file / File API general documentation index — use official versioned docs for encountered toolchain.

Important planning fact: CMake writes index-*.json beneath <build>/.cmake/api/v1/reply/, and clients should read the index before referenced reply files. Target ids are opaque and must not be interpreted.

CTest JSON

• ctest(1) — --show-only=json-v1 and Show as JSON Object Model.
• CTest Show as JSON Object Model — ctestInfo kind/version and test structures.

Important planning fact: --show-only lists test information without executing tests; json-v1 provides a structured format. diff2test consumes a file created earlier and does not invoke CTest.

Compiler dependency files

• GCC Preprocessor Options — -M, -MM, -MD, -MMD, and -MF dependency generation.
• Clang Command Line Argument Reference — verify Clang-compatible dependency flags if Clang is claimed.
• GNU make manual: Rule Syntax / Splitting Long Lines / escaping — relevant only to the subset of Make syntax actually emitted and supported; do not claim general Makefile parsing.

Important planning fact: GCC -MD can emit dependency files as a side effect of compilation, while -MMD excludes system headers. The chosen mode affects what completeness claim is defensible.

C++ standard library

• cppreference: filesystem library
• cppreference: variant
• cppreference: optional
• cppreference: string_view
• cppreference: algorithms

cppreference is a practical secondary reference. Where standard conformance is disputed, consult the relevant ISO C++ working draft/toolchain documentation.

Build reproducibility

• reproducible-builds.org documentation — sources of build nondeterminism and mitigation concepts.
• GCC/Clang/linker documentation for the exact selected flags — record exact versions during the event.

Source-use policy

• Prefer primary official documentation for format semantics.
• Do not copy implementation code from parsers/libraries.
• Record any dev-only test framework and disclose it if used.
• Separate verified format facts from project policy decisions.
• Update source links if the actual event toolchain uses older format versions than latest documentation.