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Setup your mc Github Repository

Fork mc upstream source repository to your own personal repository.

$ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio
$ git clone https://github.com/$USER_ID/mc
$ cd mc
$ make
$ ./mc --help

Developer Guidelines

mc welcomes your contribution. To make the process as seamless as possible, we ask for the following:

  • Go ahead and fork the project and make your changes. We encourage pull requests to discuss code changes.

    • Fork it
    • Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
    • Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
    • Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
    • Create new Pull Request

  • If you have additional dependencies for mc, mc manages its dependencies using go mod

    • Run go get foo/bar
    • Edit your code to import foo/bar
    • Run GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy from top-level folder

  • When you're ready to create a pull request, be sure to:

    • Have test cases for the new code. If you have questions about how to do it, please ask in your pull request.
    • Run go fmt
    • Squash your commits into a single commit. git rebase -i. It's okay to force update your pull request.
    • Make sure make install completes.

  • Read Effective Go article from Golang project

    • mc project is conformant with Golang style
    • if you happen to observe offending code, please feel free to send a pull request