docs: give files over 100 MB their route

CONTRIBUTING sent any file over the browser's 25 MB through a clone, which GitHub refuses past 100 MB, and named a release only a maintainer can write to. It now gives the route validate_pr.py prints: an issue with the hashes.
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Abdessamad Derraz committed 2026-11-05 19:18:38 +01:00
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@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ the most useful contribution.
From a clone, the file goes to `bios/Manufacturer/Console/filename`, and
`python scripts/validate_pr.py path/to/file` names that folder for a file still
outside `bios/`. Given a folder, such as an old card's BIOS folder, it checks
every file under it. A file over the browser's 25 MB limit goes in that way.
every file under it. A file over the browser's 25 MB limit goes in that way,
up to the 100 MB GitHub accepts in a push. A larger file stays out of the pull
request: [open an issue](https://github.com/Abdess/retrobios/issues/new?template=missing-bios.yml) with the hashes
`validate_pr.py` prints, and a maintainer adds it to the `large-files` release.
## Add a platform
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@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from common import (
from nativemode import check_label
import release_record
from siteguides import install_command
from validate_pr import LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL
from verify import verify_platform
@@ -930,7 +931,10 @@ the most useful contribution.
From a clone, the file goes to `bios/Manufacturer/Console/filename`, and
`python scripts/validate_pr.py path/to/file` names that folder for a file still
outside `bios/`. Given a folder, such as an old card's BIOS folder, it checks
every file under it. A file over the browser's 25 MB limit goes in that way.
every file under it. A file over the browser's 25 MB limit goes in that way,
up to the 100 MB GitHub accepts in a push. A larger file stays out of the pull
request: [open an issue]({LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL}) with the hashes
`validate_pr.py` prints, and a maintainer adds it to the `large-files` release.
## Add a platform
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@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ class BeforeOpeningAPullRequest(unittest.TestCase):
with self.subTest(package=package):
self.assertRegex(pip_line, rf"\b{package}\b")
def test_a_file_too_large_for_git_has_a_route(self):
"""The guide sent any file over 25 MB through a clone, which GitHub
refuses past 100 MB, and only a maintainer can write to the release."""
import validate_pr
text = generate_readme.generate_contributing()
section = text.split("## What happens next", 1)[1].split("\n## ", 1)[0]
self.assertEqual(validate_pr.MAX_FILE_SIZE, 100 * 1024 * 1024)
self.assertIn("100 MB", section)
self.assertIn(f"]({validate_pr.LARGE_FILE_ISSUE_URL})", section)
def test_it_installs_what_the_checks_need_and_no_site_package(self):
"""The site is built by Node from website/package-lock.json: a pip
line naming the old theme installed packages nothing reads."""