It is essential to the development of pixi.js that the community is empowered to make changes and get them into the library. Here are some guidlines to make that process silky smooth for all involved.
To report a bug, request a feature, or even ask a question, make use of the GitHub Issues section for pixi.js. When submitting an issue please take the following steps:
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Seach for existing issues. Your question or bug may have already been answered or fixed, be sure to search the issues first before putting in a duplicate issue.
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Create an isolated and reproducible test case. If you are reporting a bug, make sure you also have a minimal, runnable, code example that reproduces the problem you have.
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Include a live example. After narrowing your code down to only the problem areas, make use of jsFiddle, jsBin, or a link to your live site so that we can view a live example of the problem.
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Share as much information as possible. Include browser version affected, your OS, version of the library, steps to reproduce, etc. "X isn't working!!!1!" will probably just be closed.
To setup for making changes you will need node.js. You can download node.js from nodejs.org.
After that you can clone the pixi.js repository, and run npm i
inside the cloned folder.
This will install dependencies necessary for building the project. Once that is ready, make your
changes and submit a Pull Request. When submitting a PR follow these guidlines:
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Send Pull Requests to the
dev
branch. All Pull Requests must be sent to thedev
branch,master
is the latest release and PRs to that branch will be closed. -
Ensure changes are jshint validated. After making a change be sure to run the build process to ensure that you didn't break anything. You can do this with
npm test
which will run jshint, rebuild, then run the test suite. -
Never commit new builds. When making a code change, you should always run
npm run build
which will rebuild the project, however please do not commit these new builds or your PR will be closed. -
Only commit relevant changes. Don't include changes that are not directly relevant to the fix you are making. The more focused a PR is, the faster it will get attention and be merged. Extra files changing only whitespace or trash files will likely get your PR closed.
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Use 4 spaces for tabs, never tab characters.
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No trailing whitespace, blank lines should have no whitespace.
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Always favor strict equals
===
unless you need to use type coercion. -
Follow conventions already in the code, and listen to jshint.