How to contribute

java-stabila is an open source project.

It is the work of contributors. We appreciate your help!

Here are instructions to get you started. They are not perfect, so please let us know if anything feels wrong or incomplete.

Contribution guidelines

First of all, java-stabila follows GitFlow, the branches description in the java-stabila project are listed as follow:

  • master branch: This branch contains the latest code released to the production environment. It can only be merged, and can not be modified directly in this branch.

  • develop branch: This branch is the main development branch. It contains the complete code that is going to release. It can only be merged, and can not be modified directly in this branch.

  • feature branch: This branch is used to develop new features. It is created based on develop branch. Once the development is finished, it should be merged into develop branch, and then delete the branch.

  • release branch: This is the branch that is going to be released. It is created based on develop branch. In this branch, small fix and modification of final version of metadata is allowed. When the code is released, this branch should be merged into master branch (tag needed) and develop branch. The final test before release uses this branch.

  • hotfix branch: This branch is used to fix a bug when an online bug is found. It is created based on master branch. When bug fix is done, it should be merged into master branch(as a new release) and develop and then delete the branch. branch.

Pull requests

If you'd like to contribute to java-stabila, you should follow the steps below: - Fork a repository from stabilaprotocol/java-stabila allows you to freely experiment with changes without affecting the original project - Fix some code and Commit your modified code. - Send a Pull Request（PR）for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. notice：When you create a new PR，please choose the stabilaprotocol/java-stabila as the base repository and choose your fork/java-stabila as the head repository. And you must choose develop as the base repository branch, which means we will merge the PR into our develop branch when reviewed and approved. Additionally, if you are writing a new feature, please ensure you add appropriate test cases under /src/test.

After the PR is checked by our Sonar check procedure and Travis CI continuous-integration check procedure automaticly, we maintainers will review the code changed and give some advices for modifying if necessary.Once approved, we will close the PR and merge into the protocol/java-stabila's develop branch.

We are always happy to receive pull requests, and do our best to review them as fast as possible. Not sure if that typo is worth a pull request? Do it! We would appreciate it.

If your pull request is not accepted on the first try, don't be discouraged as it can be a possible oversight. Please explain your code as detailed as possible to make it easier for us to understand.

Please make sure your contributions adhere to our coding guidelines:

  • Code must be documented adhering to the Google Style
  • Code must pass Sonar detection.
  • Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the develop branch.
  • Commit messages should be started with verb, and the first letter should be a lowercase.The length of commit message must be limited in 50 words.

Create issues

Any significant improvement should be documented as a GitHub issue before anyone starts working on it.

When filing an issue, make sure to answer these three questions:

  • What did you do?
  • What did you expect to see?
  • What did you see instead?

Please check existing issues and docs first!

Please take a moment to check that your bug report or improvement proposal doesn't already exist. If it does, please add a quick "+1" or "I have this problem too". This will help prioritize the most common problems and requests.

Writing Documentation

Documentation repository located at: documentation-en is the English version.

We use MkDocs to build documentation project. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

You can edit or add a documentation file in /docs/ folder.