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Contribution Guidelines
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**Table of Contents**
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- [Contribution Guidelines](#contribution-guidelines)
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- [Before making a change](#before-making-a-change)
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- [Commit messages](#commit-messages)
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- [Commit content](#commit-content)
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- [Code quality](#code-quality)
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- [Builds & tests](#builds--tests)
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This is a loose set of "guidelines" for contributing to my depot. Please note
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that I will not accept any patches that don't follow these guidelines.
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Also consider the [code of conduct](/tree/docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). No really,
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you should.
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## Before making a change
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Before making a change, consider your motivation for making the change.
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Documentation updates, bug fixes and the like are *always* welcome.
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When adding a feature you should consider whether it is only useful for your
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particular use-case or whether it is generally applicable for other users of the
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project.
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When in doubt - just ask! You can reach out to me via
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[mail](mailto:mail@tazj.in) or on Twitter / IRC / etc.
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## Commit messages
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All commit messages should be structured like this:
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```
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type(scope): Subject line with at most a 68 character length
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Body of the commit message with an empty line between subject and
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body. This text should explain what the change does and why it has
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been made, *especially* if it introduces a new feature.
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Relevant issues should be mentioned if they exist.
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```
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Where `type` can be one of:
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* `feat`: A new feature has been introduced
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* `fix`: An issue of some kind has been fixed
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* `docs`: Documentation or comments have been updated
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* `style`: Formatting changes only
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* `refactor`: Hopefully self-explanatory!
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* `test`: Added missing tests / fixed tests
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* `chore`: Maintenance work
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And `scope` should refer to some kind of logical grouping inside of the project.
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Please take a look at the existing commit log for examples.
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## Commit content
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Multiple changes should be divided into multiple git commits whenever possible.
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Common sense applies.
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The fix for a single-line whitespace issue is fine to include in a different
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commit. Introducing a new feature and refactoring (unrelated) code in the same
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commit is not fine.
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`git commit -a` is generally **taboo**.
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In my experience making "sane" commits becomes *significantly* easier as
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developer tooling is improved. The interface to `git` that I recommend is
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[magit][]. Even if you are not yet an Emacs user, it makes sense to install
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Emacs just to be able to use magit - it is really that good.
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For staging sane chunks on the command line with only git, consider `git add
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-p`.
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## Code quality
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This one should go without saying - but please ensure that your code quality
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does not fall below the rest of the project. This is of course very subjective,
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but as an example if you place code that throws away errors into a block in
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which errors are handled properly your change will be rejected.
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In my experience there is a strong correlation between the visual appearance of
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a code block and its quality. This is a simple way to sanity-check your work
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while squinting and keeping some distance from your screen ;-)
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## Builds & tests
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My projects are built using [Nix][] to avoid "build pollution" via the user's
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environment.
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If you have Nix installed and are contributing to a project tracked in this
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repository, you can usually build the project by calling `nix-build -A
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path.to.project`.
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For example, to build a project located at `tools/foo` you would call `nix-build
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-A tools.foo`
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If the project has tests, check that they still work before submitting your
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change.
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## Submitting patches
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When making a change, please create an appropriate commit locally and send it to
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me using either `git send-email` or `git format-patch`. The email address to use
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for depot reviews is `depot@tazj.in`, which is a [public group][].
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I recognise that most people are used to a GitHub-style workflow. If you run
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into issues with the above but would still like to contribute, feel free to
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reach out to me.
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[magit]: https://magit.vc/
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[Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix/
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[public group]: https://groups.google.com/a/tazj.in/forum/?hl=en#!forum/depot
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