Developer guide

Repository development, contribution and release procedures.

Page	Scope
Development prerequisites	Git, Python and the C and C++ toolchain.
Editable installation	Editable installation and development dependencies.
Development workflow	Fork-based development, branches and pull requests.
Coding style	Ruff, formatting, tests, the KomaMRI simulation, C89 and code conventions.
Documentation	Documentation types and scientific writing.
Terminology and conventions	Scanner, protocol, Pulseq and MRD terminology, units and layers.
Internals	The implementation behind the explanations: the IR cache, the protocol text blocks, the reconstruction proxy and the virtual scanner.
Pre-commit	Local hooks, deliberate bypasses and CI.
Pull requests	Pull-request contents and validation.
Releases	Versioning, wheels, PyPI and the published documentation.
Code of conduct	Project participation policy.