development-workflow.md

Development Workflow

Start by forking the pd GitHub repository, make changes in a branch and then send a pull request.

Set up your pd GitHub Repository

After forking the PD upstream source repository to your personal repository. You can set up your personal development environment for PD project.

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/pingcap
$ git clone < your personal forked pd repo>
$ cd pd

Set git remote as upstream

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/pingcap/pd
$ git fetch upstream
$ git merge upstream/master
...

Create your feature branch

Before making code changes, make sure you create a separate branch for them.

$ git checkout -b my-feature

Test your changes

After your code changes, make sure that you have:

• Added test cases for the new code.
• Run make test.

Commit changes

After verification, commit your changes.

$ git commit -am 'information about your feature'

Push to the branch

Push your locally committed changes to the remote origin (your fork).

$ git push origin my-feature

Create a Pull Request

Pull requests can be created via GitHub. Refer to this document for more details on how to create a pull request.