CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Hi there! We're thrilled that you'd like to contribute to this project. Your help is essential for keeping it great.

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

Using the issue tracker

The issue tracker is the preferred channel for bug reports, features requests and submitting pull requests, but please respect the following restrictions:

• Please do not use the issue tracker for personal support requests. Stack Overflow is a better place to get help.

• Please do not derail or troll issues. Keep the discussion on topic and respect the opinions of others.

• Please do not open issues or pull requests which belongs to third party components.

Bug reports

A bug is a demonstrable problem that is caused by the code in the repository. Good bug reports are extremely helpful, so thanks!

Guidelines for bug reports:

1. Use the GitHub issue search — check if the issue has already been reported.

2. Check if the issue has been fixed — try to reproduce it using the latest main or development branch in the repository.

3. Isolate the problem — ideally create an SSCCE and a live example. Uploading the project on cloud storage (OneDrive, DropBox, et el.) or creating a sample GitHub repository is also helpful.

A good bug report shouldn't leave others needing to chase you up for more information. Please try to be as detailed as possible in your report. What is your environment? What steps will reproduce the issue? What browser(s) and OS experience the problem? Do other browsers show the bug differently? What would you expect to be the outcome? All these details will help people to fix any potential bugs.

Example:

Short and descriptive example bug report title

A summary of the issue and the Visual Studio, browser, OS environments in which it occurs. If suitable, include the steps required to reproduce the bug.

1. This is the first step
2. This is the second step
3. Further steps, etc.

<url> - a link to the project/file uploaded on cloud storage or other publicly accessible medium.

Any other information you want to share that is relevant to the issue being reported. This might include the lines of code that you have identified as causing the bug, and potential solutions (and your opinions on their merits).

Feature requests

Feature requests are welcome. But take a moment to find out whether your idea fits with the scope and aims of the project. It's up to you to make a strong case to convince the project's developers of the merits of this feature. Please provide as much detail and context as possible.

Submitting a pull request

Before opening a Pull Request

We recommend opening an issue before a substantial Pull Request if there isn’t already an issue for what you’d like to contribute. This helps facilitate a discussion before deciding on an implementation approach.

For some changes, such as typo fixes, documentation enhancements, or broken links, it may be suitable to open a small Pull Request by itself.

Pull requests

Good pull requests, patches, improvements and new features are a fantastic help. They should remain focused in scope and avoid containing unrelated commits.

Please ask first before embarking on any significant pull request (e.g. implementing features, refactoring code, porting to a different language), otherwise you risk spending a lot of time working on something that the project's developers might not want to merge into the project.

Please adhere to the coding guidelines used throughout the project (indentation, accurate comments, etc.) and any other requirements (such as test coverage).

Adhering to the following process is the best way to get your work included in the project:

1. Fork the project, clone your fork, and configure the remotes:

   # Clone your fork of the repo into the current directory
   git clone https://github.com/osscameroon/<this-repro-name>.git
   # Navigate to the newly cloned directory
   cd <folder-name>
   # Assign the original repo to a remote called "upstream"
   git remote add upstream https://github.com/osscameroon/<this-repro-name>.git

2. If you cloned a while ago, get the latest changes from upstream:

   git checkout main
   git pull upstream main

3. Create a new topic branch (off the main project development branch) to contain your feature, change, or fix:

   git checkout -b <topic-branch-name>

4. Commit your changes in logical chunks. Please adhere to these git commit message guidelines or your code is unlikely be merged into the main project. Use Git's interactive rebase feature to tidy up your commits before making them public. Also, prepend name of the feature to the commit message. For instance: "SCSS: Fixes compiler results for IFileListener.\nFixes #123"

5. Locally merge (or rebase) the upstream development branch into your topic branch:

   git pull [--rebase] upstream main

6. Push your topic branch up to your fork:

   git push origin <topic-branch-name>

7. Open a Pull Request with a clear title and description against the main branch.

Code guidelines

• Always use proper indentation.
• In Visual Studio under Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced, make sure Place 'System' directives first when sorting usings option is enabled (checked).
• Before committing, organize usings for each updated C# source file. Either you can right-click editor and select Organize Usings > Remove and sort OR use extension like BatchFormat.
• Before committing, run Code Analysis in Debug configuration and follow the guidelines to fix CA issues. Code Analysis commits can be made separately.
• var keyword is only allowed when used with anonymous type.
• A method should have one entry point and one exit

Instead of

public void myMethod()
{
    if (conditionA)
    {
        return aValue;
    }

    if (conditionB)
    {
        return anotherValue;
    }
}

should be rewritten to

public void myMethod()
{
    int result;
    if (conditionA)
    {
        result = aValue;
    }

    if (conditionB)
    {
        result = anotherValue;
    }

    return result;
}

A code with one exit point is easier to read as we are assured to not miss it.

Running Integration Tests

Work in progress

Resources

• How to Contribute to Open Source
• Using Pull Requests
• GitHub Help

Disclaimer

By sending us your contributions, you are agreeing that your contribution is made subject to the terms of our Contributor Ownership Statement