CONTRIBUTION

How to contribute? We're glad you're reading this because any good open source project can always use volunteers for the project. There are some rules to follow, but don't panic, it's easy!

If you haven't already, come and find us in our Slack(EXAMPLE). We want you to work on things you're passionate about.

Here are some essential resources:

Technical documentation

Reporting Bugs

Then, if it appears that it's a real bug, you may report it using Github by following these 3 points:

  • Check if the bug is not already reported!
  • A clear title to resume the issue
  • A description of the workflow needed to reproduce the bug,

NOTE: Don’t hesitate to give as much information as you can (OS, PHP version extensions...)

Pull Requests

Writing a Pull Request

Send a Pull Request with a clear list of what you've done. Please follow the Public Code coding conventions.(below) and make sure all your commits are atomic (one function per commit).

The Common Ground project follows Symfony coding standards. But don't worry, you can fix CS issues automatically using the PHP CS Fixer tool:

php-cs-fixer.phar fix

And then, add fixed file to your commit before push. Be sure to add only your modified files. If another files are fixed by cs tools, just revert it before commit.

Sending a Pull Request

When you send a PR, just make sure that:

  • You add valid test cases.
  • Tests are green.
  • You make a PR on the related documentation in the Common Gateway repository.
  • You make the PR on the same branch you based your changes on. If you see commits that you did not make in your PR, you're doing it wrong.
  • Squash your commits into one commit. (see the next chapter)

Fill in the following header from the pull request template:

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | yes/no
| New feature?  | yes/no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | #1234, #5678
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        | api-platform/docs#1234

Always write a clear log message for your commits. One-line messages are fine for small changes, but more significant changes should be
should ideally look like:

`$ git commit -m "A short summary of the commit`

 A paragraph that describes what has changed and what the impact is."

## Squash your Commits

If you have 3 commits. So start with:

```bash
git rebase -i HEAD~3

An editor will be opened with your 3 commits, all prefixed by pick.

Replace all pick prefixes by fixup (or f) except the first commit of the list.

Save and quit the editor.

After that, all your commits where squashed into the first one and the commit message of the first commit.

If you would like to rename your commit message type:

git commit --amend

Now force push to update your PR:

git push --force

Coding conventions

This is open-source software. Think about the people reading the code and make sure it looks good to them.

We also use the Public Code standards

Thank you, the Common Gateway community!

License and Copyright Attribution

When you open a Pull Request to the Common Gateway project, you agree to license your code under the EUPL license.

Be sure to you have the right to do that (if you are a professional, ask your company)!

If you include code from another project, please mention it in the Pull Request description and credit the original author.