When opening new issues or commenting on existing issues on this repository please make sure discussions are related to concrete technical issues with the Zen software.
Discussion of non-technical topics including subjects like intellectual property, trademark and high level project questions ideally should move to the Forums instead.
The Zen project welcomes new contributors. Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are made Collaborators and given commit-access to the project.
This document will guide you through the contribution process.
Fork the project on GitHub and check out your copy locally.
For developing new features and bug fixes, the master branch needs to be pulled
and built upon. Zen follows a Continuous Integration
model, where the master branch is always deployed to production.
Please follow instructions on the development repository to get your development environment set up.
Create a feature branch and start hacking:
$ git checkout -b my-feature-branch -t origin/master
Make sure git knows your name and email address:
$ git config --global user.name "J. Random User"
$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
Writing good commit logs is important. A commit log needs to describe what changed and why. Follow these guidelines when writing one:
- The first line ideally should be 50 characters or less and contain a short description of the change
- Keep the second line blank.
- Wrap all other lines at 72 columns.
A good commit log can look something like this:
explaining the commit in one line
Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
being fixed, etc. etc.
The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
72 characters or so. That way `git log` will show things
nicely even when it is indented.
The header line needs to be meaningful; it is what other people see when they
run git shortlog or git log --oneline.
Use git rebase (not git merge) to sync your work from time to time.
$ git fetch upstream
$ git rebase upstream/master
Bug fixes and features need to come with tests. Add your tests in the test directory of each effected microservice. Look at other tests to see how they are structured.
$ npm test
Make sure the linter is happy and that all tests pass. Please, do not submit patches that fail either check.
You can run individual tests directly with Lab:
$ ./node_modules/.bin/lab test/lib/test-user-data.js
$ git push origin my-feature-branch
Go to https://github.com/yourusername/ and select your feature branch. Click the 'Pull Request' button and fill out the form.
Pull requests are usually reviewed within a few days. If there are comments to address, apply your changes in a separate commit and push that to your feature branch. Post a comment in the pull request afterwards; GitHub does not send out notifications when you add commits.
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
- (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or
- (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
- (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from Rust's wonderful CoC.
- We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, or similar personal characteristic.
- Please avoid using overtly sexual nicknames or other nicknames that might detract from a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all.
- Please be kind and courteous. There's no need to be mean or rude.
- Respect that people have differences of opinion and that every design or implementation choice carries a trade-off and numerous costs. There is seldom a right answer.
- Please keep unstructured critique to a minimum. If you have solid ideas you want to experiment with, make a fork and see how it works.
- We will exclude you from interaction if you insult, demean or harass anyone. That is not welcome behavior. We interpret the term "harassment" as including the definition in the Citizen Code of Conduct; if you have any lack of clarity about what might be included in that concept, please read their definition. In particular, we don't tolerate behavior that excludes people in socially marginalized groups.
- Private harassment is also unacceptable. No matter who you are, if you feel you have been or are being harassed or made uncomfortable by a community member, please contact one of the channel ops or any of the TC members immediately with a capture (log, photo, email) of the harassment if possible. Whether you're a regular contributor or a newcomer, we care about making this community a safe place for you and we've got your back.
- Likewise any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior is not welcome.
- Avoid the use of personal pronouns in code comments or documentation. There is no need to address persons when explaining code (e.g. "When the developer")