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Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing to git-cliff!

When contributing, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change.

Note that we have a Code of Conduct, please follow it in all your interactions with the project.

Setup

  1. Fork this repository and create your branch from main.

  2. Clone your forked repository.

git clone https://github.com/{username}/git-cliff && cd git-cliff
  1. Make sure that you have Rust 1.53.0-nightly or later installed and build the project.
cargo build
  1. Start committing your changes. Follow the conventional commit specification while doing so.

  2. Add your tests (if you haven't already) or update the existing tests according to the changes. And check if the tests are passed.

cargo test
  1. Make sure rustfmt and clippy don't complain about your changes.
cargo fmt --all -- --check --verbose
cargo clippy --verbose -- -D warnings

Create a Pull Request

  1. Ensure that you updated the documentation and filled the Pull Request template according to the changes you made.

  2. Wait for approval from the project owner/maintainer. Discuss the possible changes and update your Pull Request if necessary.

  3. You may merge the Pull Request once you have the sign-off of the project owner/maintainer, or if you do not have permission to do that, you may request the project owner/maintainer to merge it in case they haven't done it after a while.

License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.