github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools@v0.9.0/CONTRIBUTING.md (about)

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