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Contributing to mpsrad

Follow the below instructions

Checklist

This checklist also serves as table of contents.

  1. Fork the project
  2. Clone your fork
  3. Set up your fork
  4. Update your fork
  5. Create a branch
  6. Work on your contribution
  7. Pull request
  8. Code review
  9. Follow up

Fork the project

The first step is to fork the mpsrad project. This is done by clicking the Fork button on the project site.

Clone the forked project

After forking the project you can clone the project to create a local working copy.

$ git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/mpsrad.git

You can also connect to GitHub using SSH.

Set up cloned fork

Add the URL of the original project to your local repository to be able to pull changes from it:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/riclarsson/mpsrad.git

Listing the remote repositories will show something like:

$ git remote -v
origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/mpsrad.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/mpsrad.git (push)
upstream https://github.com/riclarsson/mpsrad.git (fetch)
upstream https://github.com/riclarsson/mpsrad.git (push)

Update your fork

Make sure to pull in changes from the upstream master branch at regular intervals to keep track of changes done to the project. We recommend to use the flag. This will replay your commits on top of the latest mpsrad git master and maintain a linear history.

$ git pull upstream master

Create a branch

Before starting to work on your feature or bugfix you need to create a local branch where to keep all your work. Branches help to organize the changes related to different developments in the project.

You can do that with the following git command:

$ git checkout -b BRANCH_NAME

This will create a new branch and will make it the active one in your local repository. Be sure to use a descriptive name for the branch name.

You can check you are in the right branch using git:

$ git branch
  master
* BRANCH_NAME

The current active branch is the one with a * on the left.

Work on your contribution

Now you can start with the development of your new feature (or bug fix). During the work you can use git's commit and push mechanism to save and track your changes.

You can push those changes to your personal fork.

$ git push origin BRANCH_NAME

Pull request

After pushing your changes to your fork navigate to the GitHub page of your work. Click on the Pull request button. Add the needed information to the web form and submit your request.

Code review

The developer team will review your changes and decide whether to accept your changes. This process might include some discussion or even further changes to the code (this is the reason why branches are important).

Follow up

After your contribution has been merged to the main project (or rejected) you can delete the branch you used for it.

To delete the branch in your local repository and on GitHub:

$ git branch -D BRANCH_NAME
$ git push origin --delete BRANCH_NAME

Credits

This file is closely based on a blog post by Davide Coppola