[PROJECT NAME]

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New Project Setup

If you just created this repo from the template, complete these steps before writing any code:

1. Clone the repo with submodules:

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/your-org/your-repo

2. If you already cloned without --recurse-submodules, initialize the submodule manually:

   git submodule update --init

3. Open CLAUDE.md and replace [PROJECT NAME] with your project name
4. Fill in the TODO sections in CLAUDE.md — project overview, structure, build commands, and constraints
5. Replace [PROJECT NAME] in this README.md and update the description
6. Optionally, if using Claude Code, start Claude and it will automatically read CLAUDE.md and apply the Delphi coding standards from .delphi/

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Getting Started

Cloning this repo directly: Use --recurse-submodules to populate .delphi/ in one step:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/your-org/your-repo

Created a new repo from this template? The .delphi/ folder will exist but be empty until you initialize the submodule:

git submodule update --init

Building

Running Tests

Claude Code

This repository includes Claude Code support via CLAUDE.md. The Delphi coding standards and formatting rules are maintained in a versioned submodule at .delphi/:

• .delphi/style-guide.md — naming conventions, code rules, file layout
• .delphi/code-formatting-guide.md — indentation, spacing, line breaks

To update to the latest standards, run update-standards.bat, or run the following commands directly from the command line:

git submodule update --remote .delphi
git commit -a -m "Update .delphi submodule to latest standards"
git push

Review the changelogs in .delphi/style-guide.md and .delphi/code-formatting-guide.md before confirming the update — the batch file pauses for this before committing.

Contributing

License

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