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.
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Fork this repository and create your branch from
main
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Clone your forked repository.
git clone https://github.com/{username}/git-cliff && cd git-cliff
# OR
git clone git@github.com:{username}/git-cliff && cd git-cliff
To ensure the successful execution of the tests, it is essential to fetch the tags as follows:
git fetch --tags https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- Make sure that you have Rust
1.64.0
or later installed and build the project.
cargo build
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Start committing your changes. Follow the conventional commit specification while doing so.
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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
- If needed, update the snapshot tests (i.e. tests using
expect_test
):
env UPDATE_EXPECT=1 cargo test
We use the nightly
channel for rustfmt
so please set the appropriate settings for your editor/IDE for that.
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Ensure that you updated the documentation and filled the Pull Request template according to the changes you made.
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Wait for approval from the project owner/maintainer. Discuss the possible changes and update your Pull Request if necessary.
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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.
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under The MIT License or Apache License 2.0.