Contribution Guidelines

Features or any changes to the codebase should be done as follows:

  1. Pull latest code in the master branch and create a feature branch off this.
  2. Implement your feature. Commits are cheap in Git, try to split up your code into many. It makes reviewing easier as well as for saner merging.
  3. Push your feature branch to GitHub. Note that before we can accept your changes, you need to agree to one of our contributor agreements. See below.
  4. Create a pull request using GitHub, from your branch to master.
  5. Reviewer process:
    • Receive notice of review by GitHub email, GitHub notification, or by checking your assigned issues.
    • Make markups as comments on the pull request (either line comments or top-level comments).
    • Make a top-level comment saying something along the lines of “Fine; some minor comments” or “Some issues to address before merging”.
    • If there are no issues, merge the pull request and close the branch. Otherwise, assign the pull request to the developer and leave this to them.
  6. Developer process:
    • Await review.
    • Address code review issues on your feature branch.
    • Push your changes to the feature branch on GitHub. This automatically updates the pull request.
    • If necessary, make a top-level comment along the lines of “Please re-review”, assign back to the reviewer, and repeat the above.
    • If no further review is necessary and you have the necessary privileges, merge the pull request and close the branch. Otherwise, make a top-level comment and assign back to the reviewer as above.

Contributor Agreements

If you plan to contribute in the form of documentation or code, we need you to sign our Contributor License Agreement before we can accept your contribution. You will be prompted to do this as part of the PR process on Github.