npryce/adr-tools
Adr Tools
adr-tools is a command-line utility for automating the creation, indexing, and management of architecture decision records. It generates and maintains a log of technical choices using a series of version-controlled markdown files.
The tool facilitates software architecture governance by tracking the evolution of decisions through git-based versioning and milestone tagging. It allows for the initialization of decision logs and the management of technical debt by marking previous decisions as superseded or obsolete.
The system utilizes template-driven file generation to create standardized records and employs a sequential naming convention for file-system indexing. It tracks the state of decisions through header updates and leverages git commits to maintain an auditable history of architectural changes.
Features
- Architecture Decision Records - Provides a comprehensive system for documenting and tracking technical design choices and their rationale.
- Markdown-Based Knowledge Bases - Stores decision logs as version-controlled, platform-agnostic markdown files for maximum portability.
- Git Versioning Managers - Uses git commits and tags to maintain a permanent, auditable history of architectural changes.
- Markdown Documentation Systems - Automates the creation and indexing of structured markdown documents for maintaining technical project records.
- Git-Based - Relies on distributed version control to track the modifications and evolution of architecture records.
- Architectural Governance - Maintains a formal history of technical decisions to ensure team alignment and provide architectural context.
- Template-Driven Generators - Generates standardized architectural record files by injecting dynamic data into predefined markdown templates.
- Architecture Milestone Tagging - Creates signed git tags to track specific release milestones within the architectural decision history.
- Decision State Transitions - Provides mechanisms to transition architectural decisions between active, superseded, and deprecated states via header updates.
- Technical Debt Management - Tracks technical debt by documenting the trade-offs of architectural choices and their eventual supersession.
- Documentation Tools - Command-line utility for creating and managing architectural decision records.
