Repository Guidelines

Project Structure & Module Organization

Core loader logic and headers live in src/.
Windows API shims reside in dll/; source files grouped by DLL (e.g. dll/kernel32/).
Sample fixtures for exercising the loader live in test/.

cmake -B build -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON configures a 32-bit toolchain; ensure multilib packages are present.
cmake --build build --target wibo compiles the program and tests.
./build/wibo /path/to/program.exe runs a Windows binary. Use WIBO_DEBUG=1 (or --debug/-D) for verbose logging. Use --chdir/-C to set the working directory.
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure runs the self-checking WinAPI fixtures (requires i686-w64-mingw32-gcc and i686-w64-mingw32-windres).
clang-format -i path/to/file.cpp and clang-tidy path/to/file.cpp -p build keep contributions aligned with the repo's tooling.

Formatting follows .clang-format (LLVM base, tabbed indentation width 4, 120 column limit).
Use PascalCase for Win32 entry points, camelCase for internal helpers, SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE for Win32 constants, kCamelCase for internal constants, g_camelCase for globals, and mPascalCase for member variables.
Put static functions and variables in anonymous namespaces at the top of the file.
Prefer scoping types to the header or source file that uses them; avoid polluting common.h unless widely shared.

Target pre-XP behavior; our binaries are old and don't expect modern WinAPI behavior.
Use the microsoft_docs tools to fetch WinAPI signatures and documentation; always fetch the documentation when working on an API function.
Create minimal, self-contained repros in test/ when implementing or debugging APIs; this aids both development and future testing.
Add DEBUG_LOG calls to trace execution and parameter values; these are invaluable when diagnosing issues with real-world binaries.

Fixture tests live in test/ and are compiled automatically with i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.
Keep new repros small and self-contained (test_<feature>.c).
All fixtures must self-assert; use test_assert.h helpers so ctest fails on mismatched WinAPI behaviour.
Update CMakeLists.txt to add new fixture sources.
Rebuild, then run tests with ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure.
ALWAYS run tests against wine manually to confirm expected behaviour. If wine fails, the expected behaviour is VERY LIKELY wrong. (wine is not perfect, but we can assume it's closer to Windows than we are.)

Reproduce crashes under gdb (or lldb) with -q -batch to capture backtraces, register state, and the faulting instruction without interactive prompts.
Enable WIBO_DEBUG=1 or -D and output to a log (i.e. &>/tmp/wibo.log) when running the guest binary; loader traces often pinpoint missing imports, resource lookups, or API shims that misbehave. The answer is usually in the last few dozen lines before the crash.
Inspect relevant source right away—most issues stem from stubbed shims in dll/.
Missing stubs generally do not cause a crash; we return valid function pointers for unknown imports. Only when the missing stub is called do we abort with a message. Therefore, don't preemptively add stubs for every missing import; wait until the binary actually calls it.