µLearn Website

This repository contains the the source code files for the µLearn Frontend Project. Kindly read through the following to get a hold on the naming and contributions standards

Git Commands and Naming Etiquette

To clone the project

git clone git@github.com:gtech-mulearn/mulearnfrontend.git

Create a new feature branch

git branch feature-loginpage

Switch to the new branch

git checkout feature-loginpage

Do the necessary changes on the files, add the files

git add -A

Commit the changes

git commit -m "Implemented the login feature"

Pull the changes from the server ( not applicable for the first push )

git pull origin feature-loginpage

Push the changes to server for the first time

git push origin feature-loginpage

Once the feature is complete, merge the changes to the develop branch ( the team lead does this )

git checkout dev

git merge feature-loginpage

Make sure you pull the changes from the required repo and keep your branch updated.

Running the Project Locally

git clone git@github.com:gtech-mulearn/mulearnfrontend.git

The central repository holds four main branches with two branches having infinte lifetime(dev-server & production)

• dev
• dev-server (hosted)
• staging
• production (hosted)

origin/production is the main branch where the source code of HEAD always reflects a production-ready state.

origin/staging is the main branch where the source code of HEAD always reflects a state with the latest delivered development changes for the next release

Supporting branches

• Feature branches
• Staging branches
• Hotfix branches

Feature Branch

• May branch off from: dev
• Must merge back into: dev
• Branches should be prefixed with feature-
• They should be in small letter casing with multiple words separated by -

Eg: feature-signuppage, feature-igpage

Bugfix Branch

• May branch off from: dev
• Must merge back into: dev
• Branch naming convention: bugfix-*
• Branches should be prefixed with bugfix-*
• They should be in small letter casing with multiple words separated by -

Eg: bugfix-spellingfix, bugfix-stylecorrection

Hotfix Branch

• May branch off from: staging
• Must merge back into: staging, dev, dev-server
• Branch naming convention: hotfix-*
• Branches should be prefixed with hotfix-*
• They should be in small letter casing with multiple words separated by -

Eg: hotfix-signup-failure, hotfix-taskid123

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!

See contributing.md for ways to get started.

Maintainer

• If you are a maintainer of the project, you will be the person responsible for reviewing the pull request and merging them.

Pull Request Flow

• The pull request from the developers can only be received on the dev(feature, bugfix) and the staging(hotfix) branch.

• After reviewing the request you can merge them to the dev-server/production depending upon the type of request

Quality Tester

• If you are a Quality Tester you can verify the dev-server for testing the upcoming features and the production for features which are already in release.