github.com/livermorium/go-swagger@v0.19.0/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md (about)

     1  ## Contribution Guidelines
     2  
     3  You'll find below general guidelines, which mostly correspond to standard
     4  practices for open sourced repositories.
     5  For a more technical insight, please see our
     6  [guidelines to maintainers](../docs/guidelines/README.md).
     7  
     8  ### Pull requests are always welcome
     9  
    10  We are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to
    11  process them as fast as possible. Not sure if that typo is worth a pull
    12  request? Do it! We will appreciate it.
    13  
    14  If your pull request is not accepted on the first try, don't be
    15  discouraged! If there's a problem with the implementation, hopefully you
    16  received feedback on what to improve.
    17  
    18  We're trying very hard to keep go-swagger lean and focused. We don't want it
    19  to do everything for everybody. This means that we might decide against
    20  incorporating a new feature. However, there might be a way to implement
    21  that feature *on top of* go-swagger.
    22  
    23  
    24  ### Conventions
    25  
    26  Fork the repo and make changes on your fork in a feature branch:
    27  
    28  - If it's a bugfix branch, name it XXX-something where XXX is the number of the
    29    issue
    30  - If it's a feature branch, create an enhancement issue to announce your
    31    intentions, and name it XXX-something where XXX is the number of the issue.
    32  
    33  Submit unit tests for your changes.  Go has a great test framework built in; use
    34  it! Take a look at existing tests for inspiration. Run the full test suite on
    35  your branch before submitting a pull request.
    36  
    37  Update the documentation when creating or modifying features. Test
    38  your documentation changes for clarity, concision, and correctness, as
    39  well as a clean documentation build. See ``docs/README.md`` for more
    40  information on building the docs and how docs get released.
    41  
    42  Write clean code. Universally formatted code promotes ease of writing, reading,
    43  and maintenance. Always run `gofmt -s -w file.go` on each changed file before
    44  committing your changes. Most editors have plugins that do this automatically.
    45  
    46  Pull requests descriptions should be as clear as possible and include a
    47  reference to all the issues that they address.
    48  
    49  Pull requests must not contain commits from other users or branches.
    50  
    51  Commit messages must start with a capitalized and short summary (max. 50
    52  chars) written in the imperative, followed by an optional, more detailed
    53  explanatory text which is separated from the summary by an empty line.
    54  
    55  Code review comments may be added to your pull request. Discuss, then make the
    56  suggested modifications and push additional commits to your feature branch. Be
    57  sure to post a comment after pushing. The new commits will show up in the pull
    58  request automatically, but the reviewers will not be notified unless you
    59  comment.
    60  
    61  Before the pull request is merged, make sure that you squash your commits into
    62  logical units of work using `git rebase -i` and `git push -f`. After every
    63  commit the test suite should be passing. Include documentation changes in the
    64  same commit so that a revert would remove all traces of the feature or fix.
    65  
    66  Commits that fix or close an issue should include a reference like `Closes #XXX`
    67  or `Fixes #XXX`, which will automatically close the issue when merged.
    68  
    69  ### Sign your work
    70  
    71  The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
    72  patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to
    73  pass it on as an open-source patch.  The rules are pretty simple: if you
    74  can certify the below (from
    75  [developercertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/)):
    76  
    77  ```
    78  Developer Certificate of Origin
    79  Version 1.1
    80  
    81  Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
    82  660 York Street, Suite 102,
    83  San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
    84  
    85  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
    86  license document, but changing it is not allowed.
    87  
    88  
    89  Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
    90  
    91  By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
    92  
    93  (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
    94      have the right to submit it under the open source license
    95      indicated in the file; or
    96  
    97  (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
    98      of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
    99      license and I have the right under that license to submit that
   100      work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
   101      by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
   102      permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
   103      in the file; or
   104  
   105  (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
   106      person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
   107      it.
   108  
   109  (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
   110      are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
   111      personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
   112      maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
   113      this project or the open source license(s) involved.
   114  ```
   115  
   116  then you just add a line to every git commit message:
   117  
   118      Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe@gmail.com>
   119  
   120  using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
   121  
   122  You can add the sign off when creating the git commit via `git commit -s`.