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Contribution Guidelines

Want to contribute to this repository? Please read below first:

Issues and Bugs

If you find a bug in the source code or a mistake in the documentation, you can help us by submitting an issue to this repo. Even better you can submit a Pull Request with a fix.

Please see the Publishing Guidelines below.

Doc Fixes

If you want to help improve the docs, it's a good idea to let others know what you're working on to minimize duplication of effort. Comment on an issue to let others know what you're working on, or create a new issue if your work doesn't fit within the scope of any of the existing doc fix projects.

Please see the Publishing Guidelines below.

Publishing Guidelines

Setup (light content changes in GitHub)

  1. Go to the pages folder and begin making the desired edits by clicking the "Edit" icon in the upper right, or Create new file to create a new page.

  2. When finished, add a descriptive commit change subject and description, then select Create a new branch for this commit and start a pull request.

  3. Describe changes in the pull request, then create the pull request.

Setup (larger content changes)

  1. Fork the project by navigating to the main repository and clicking the Fork button on the top-right corner.

  2. Navigate to your forked repository and copy the SSH url. Clone your fork by running the following in your terminal:

    $ git clone git@github.com:{ YOUR_USERNAME }/carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-website.git
$ cd carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-website

    See GitHub docs for more details on forking a repository.

  3. Once cloned, you will see origin as your default remote, pointing to your personal forked repository. Add a remote named upstream pointing to the main carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-website:

    $ git remote add upstream git@github.com:carbon-design-system/carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-website.git
$ git remote -v

  4. Switch to our version of Node. If you are using (nvm Node Version Manager), you can run nvm use to quicky switch Node versions. If you are aren't using nvm, you can still check the .nvmrc dotfile in the root of this project to find the major stable version of Node we are using, and then you can switch manually.

Submitting an Issue

Before you submit your issue, search the repository. Maybe your question was already answered.

If your issue appears to be a bug, and hasn't been reported, open a new issue. Help us to maximize the effort we can spend fixing issues and adding new features, by not reporting duplicate issues.

Submitting a Pull Request

  1. Search this repository for an open or closed Pull Request that relates to your submission. You don't want to duplicate effort.

  2. Pull the latest main branch from upstream:

    $ git pull upstream main

  3. Always work and submit pull requests from a branch. Do not submit pull requests from the main branch of your fork.

    $ git checkout -b { YOUR_BRANCH_NAME } main

  4. Create your patch or feature.

  5. Test your branch and add new test cases where appropriate.

  6. Commit your changes using a descriptive commit message.

    $ git commit -a -m "chore: Update header with newest designs, resolves #123"

    Note: the optional commit -a command line option will automatically "add" and "rm" edited files. See Close a commit via commit message and writing good commit messages for more details on commit messages.

    Carbon Elements also uses a commit format called Conventional Commits. This format is used to help automate details about our project and how it changes. When committing changes, there will be a tool that automatically looks at commits and will check to see if the commit matches the format defined by Conventional Commits.

  7. Once ready for feedback from other contributors and maintainers, push your commits to your fork (be sure to run yarn ci-check before pushing, to make sure your code passes linting and unit tests):

    $ git push origin { YOUR_BRANCH_NAME }

  8. In GitHub, navigate to carbon-design-system/carbon-for-ibm-dotcom and click the button that reads "Compare & pull request".

  9. Write a title and description, then click "Create pull request".

    See how to write the perfect pull request for more details on writing good PRs.

  10. Stay up to date with the activity in your pull request. Maintainers will be reviewing your work and making comments, asking questions and suggesting changes to be made before they merge your code. When you need to make a change, add, commit and push to your branch normally.

    Once all revisions to your pull request are complete, a maintainer will squash and merge your commits for you.

For all details related to development, make sure to check out our development guide!

That's it! Thank you for your contribution!