I would like to encourage you to contribute to the repository. This should be as easy as possible for you but there are a few things to consider when contributing. The following guidelines for contribution should be followed if you want to submit a pull request.
- Submit an Issue for your issue if there is not one yet.
- Describe the issue and include steps to reproduce if it's a bug.
- Ensure to mention the earliest version that you know is affected.
- If you are able and want to fix this, fork the repository
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In your forked repository, create a topic branch for your upcoming patch. (e.g.
feature--redisorbugfix--lost-metadata)- Usually this is based on the master branch.
- Create a branch based on master;
git branch fix/master/my_contribution masterthen checkout the new branch withgit checkout fix/master/my_contribution. Please avoid working directly on themasterbranch.
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Make sure you stick to the coding style that is used already.
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Make commits of logical units and describe them properly.
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Check for unnecessary whitespace with
git diff --checkbefore committing. -
Whenever possible, submit tests to your patch / new feature so it can be tested easily.
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Assure nothing is broken by running all the tests -
rake spec
- Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
- Open a pull request to the original repository and choose the right original branch you want to patch.
- If not done in commit messages (which you really should do) please reference and update your issue with the code changes.
- Even if you have write access to the repository, do not directly push or merge pull-requests. Let another team member review your pull request and approve.