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< p >
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The Go project welcomes all contributors.
< / p >
< p >
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This document is a guide to help you through the process
of contributing to the Go project, which is a little different
from that used by other open source projects.
We assume you have a basic understanding of Git and Go.
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< / p >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
In addition to the information here, the Go community maintains a
< a href = "https://golang.org/wiki/CodeReview" > CodeReview< / a > wiki page.
Feel free to contribute to the wiki as you learn the review process.
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< / p >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Note that the < code > gccgo< / code > front end lives elsewhere;
see < a href = "gccgo_contribute.html" > Contributing to gccgo< / a > .
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h2 id = "contributor" > Becoming a contributor< / h2 >
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< h3 id = "contrib_overview" > Overview< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
The first step is registering as a Go contributor and configuring your environment.
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Here is a checklist of the required steps to follow:
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< ul >
< li >
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< b > Step 0< / b > : Decide on a single Google Account you will be using to contribute to Go.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Use that account for all the following steps and make sure that < code > git< / code >
is configured to create commits with that account's e-mail address.
< / li >
< li >
< b > Step 1< / b > : < a href = "https://cla.developers.google.com/clas" > Sign and submit< / a > a
CLA (Contributor License Agreement).
< / li >
< li >
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< b > Step 2< / b > : Configure authentication credentials for the Go Git repository.
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Visit < a href = "https://go.googlesource.com" > go.googlesource.com< / a > , click
"Generate Password" in the page's top right menu bar, and follow the
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instructions.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< li >
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< b > Step 3< / b > : Register for Gerrit, the code review tool used by the Go team,
by < a href = "https://go-review.googlesource.com/login/" > visiting this page< / a > .
The CLA and the registration need to be done only once for your account.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< li >
< b > Step 4< / b > : Install < code > git-codereview< / code > by running
< code > go get -u golang.org/x/review/git-codereview< / code >
< / li >
< / ul >
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< p >
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If you prefer, there is an automated tool that walks through these steps.
Just run:
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< / p >
< pre >
$ go get -u golang.org/x/tools/cmd/go-contrib-init
$ cd /code/to/edit
$ go-contrib-init
< / pre >
< p >
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The rest of this chapter elaborates on these instructions.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
If you have completed the steps above (either manually or through the tool), jump to
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< a href = "#before_contributing" > Before contributing code< / a > .
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "google_account" > Step 0: Select a Google Account< / h3 >
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< p >
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A contribution to Go is made through a Google account with a specific
e-mail address.
Make sure to use the same account throughout the process and
for all your subsequent contributions.
You may need to decide whether to use a personal address or a corporate address.
The choice will depend on who
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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will own the copyright for the code that you will be writing
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and submitting.
You might want to discuss this topic with your employer before deciding which
account to use.
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< / p >
< p >
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Google accounts can either be Gmail e-mail accounts, G Suite organization accounts, or
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accounts associated with an external e-mail address.
For instance, if you need to use
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an existing corporate e-mail that is not managed through G Suite, you can create
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
an account associated
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< a href = "https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail" > with your existing
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e-mail address< / a > .
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< / p >
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< p >
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You also need to make sure that your Git tool is configured to create commits
using your chosen e-mail address.
You can either configure Git globally
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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(as a default for all projects), or locally (for a single specific project).
You can check the current configuration with this command:
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< / p >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
$ git config --global user.email # check current global config
$ git config user.email # check current local config
< / pre >
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< p >
To change the configured address:
< / p >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< pre >
$ git config --global user.email name@example.com # change global config
$ git config user.email name@example.com # change local config
< / pre >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< h3 id = "cla" > Step 1: Contributor License Agreement< / h3 >
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< p >
Before sending your first change to the Go project
you must have completed one of the following two CLAs.
Which CLA you should sign depends on who owns the copyright to your work.
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< / p >
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< ul >
< li >
If you are the copyright holder, you will need to agree to the
< a href = "https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual" > individual
contributor license agreement< / a > , which can be completed online.
< / li >
< li >
If your organization is the copyright holder, the organization
will need to agree to the
< a href = "https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate" > corporate
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contributor license agreement< / a > .< br >
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< / li >
< / ul >
< p >
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You can check your currently signed agreements and sign new ones at
the < a href = "https://cla.developers.google.com/clas?pli=1&authuser=1" > Google Developers
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Contributor License Agreements< / a > website.
If the copyright holder for your contribution has already completed the
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agreement in connection with another Google open source project,
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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it does not need to be completed again.
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< / p >
< p >
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If the copyright holder for the code you are submitting changes— for example,
if you start contributing code on behalf of a new company— please send mail
to the < a href = "mailto:golang-dev@googlegroups.com" > < code > golang-dev< / code >
mailing list< / a > .
This will let us know the situation so we can make sure an appropriate agreement is
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completed and update the < code > AUTHORS< / code > file.
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< / p >
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< h3 id = "config_git_auth" > Step 2: Configure git authentication< / h3 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< p >
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The main Go repository is located at
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< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com" > go.googlesource.com< / a > ,
a Git server hosted by Google.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Authentication on the web server is made through your Google account, but
you also need to configure < code > git< / code > on your computer to access it.
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Follow these steps:
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< / p >
< ol >
< li >
Visit < a href = "https://go.googlesource.com" > go.googlesource.com< / a >
and click on "Generate Password" in the page's top right menu bar.
You will be redirected to accounts.google.com to sign in.
< / li >
< li >
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After signing in, you will be taken to a page with the title "Configure Git".
This page contains a personalized script that when run locally will configure Git
to hold your unique authentication key.
This key is paired with one that is generated and stored on the server,
analogous to how SSH keys work.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< li >
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Copy and run this script locally in your terminal to store your secret
authentication token in a < code > .gitcookies< / code > file.
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If you are using a Windows computer and running < code > cmd< / code > ,
you should instead follow the instructions in the yellow box to run the command;
otherwise run the regular script.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< / ol >
< h3 id = "auth" > Step 3: Create a Gerrit account < / h3 >
< p >
Gerrit is an open-source tool used by Go maintainers to discuss and review
code submissions.
< / p >
< p >
To register your account, visit < a href = "https://go-review.googlesource.com/login/" >
go-review.googlesource.com/login/< / a > and sign in once using the same Google Account you used above.
< / p >
< h3 id = "git-codereview_install" > Step 4: Install the git-codereview command< / h3 >
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< p >
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Changes to Go must be reviewed before they are accepted, no matter who makes the change.
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A custom < code > git< / code > command called < code > git-codereview< / code >
simplifies sending changes to Gerrit.
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< / p >
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< p >
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Install the < code > git-codereview< / code > command by running,
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< / p >
< pre >
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$ go get -u golang.org/x/review/git-codereview
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< / pre >
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< p >
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Make sure < code > git-codereview< / code > is installed in your shell path, so that the
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< code > git< / code > command can find it.
Check that
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< / p >
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< pre >
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$ git codereview help
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< / pre >
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< p >
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prints help text, not an error. If it prints an error, make sure that
< code > $GOPATH/bin< / code > is in your < code > $PATH< / code > .
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< / p >
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< p >
On Windows, when using git-bash you must make sure that
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< code > git-codereview.exe< / code > is in your < code > git< / code > exec-path.
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Run < code > git --exec-path< / code > to discover the right location then create a
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symbolic link or just copy the executable from < code > $GOPATH/bin< / code > to this
directory.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2018-05-14 03:41:37 -06:00
< h2 id = "before_contributing" > Before contributing code< / h2 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
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< p >
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The project welcomes code patches, but to make sure things are well
coordinated you should discuss any significant change before starting
the work.
It's recommended that you signal your intention to contribute in the
issue tracker, either by < a href = "https://golang.org/issue/new" > filing
a new issue< / a > or by claiming
an < a href = "https://golang.org/issues" > existing one< / a > .
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< / p >
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< h3 id = "where" > Where to contribute< / h3 >
< p >
The Go project consists of the main
< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/go" > go< / a > repository, which contains the
source code for the Go language, as well as many golang.org/x/... repostories.
These contain the various tools and infrastructure that support Go. For
example, < a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/pkgsite" > golang.org/x/pkgsite< / a >
is for < a href = "https://pkg.go.dev" > pkg.go.dev< / a > ,
< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/playground" > golang.org/x/playground< / a >
is for the Go playground, and
< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools" > golang.org/x/tools< / a > contains
a variety of Go tools, including the Go language server,
< a href = "https://golang.org/s/gopls" > gopls< / a > . You can see a
list of all the golang.org/x/... repositories on
< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com" > go.googlesource.com< / a > .
< / p >
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< h3 id = "check_tracker" > Check the issue tracker< / h3 >
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< p >
Whether you already know what contribution to make, or you are searching for
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
an idea, the < a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/issues" > issue tracker< / a > is
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always the first place to go.
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Issues are triaged to categorize them and manage the workflow.
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< / p >
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< p >
The majority of the golang.org/x/... repos also use the main Go
issue tracker. However, a few of these repositories manage their issues
separately, so please be sure to check the right tracker for the repository to
which you would like to contribute.
< / p >
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< p >
Most issues will be marked with one of the following workflow labels:
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< ul >
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< li >
< b > NeedsInvestigation< / b > : The issue is not fully understood
and requires analysis to understand the root cause.
< / li >
< li >
< b > NeedsDecision< / b > : the issue is relatively well understood, but the
Go team hasn't yet decided the best way to address it.
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It would be better to wait for a decision before writing code.
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If you are interested in working on an issue in this state,
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feel free to "ping" maintainers in the issue's comments
if some time has passed without a decision.
< / li >
< li >
< b > NeedsFix< / b > : the issue is fully understood and code can be written
to fix it.
< / li >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< / ul >
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2018-08-04 00:40:45 -06:00
< p >
You can use GitHub's search functionality to find issues to help out with. Examples:
< / p >
< ul >
< li >
Issues that need investigation: < a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3ANeedsInvestigation" > < code > is:issue is:open label:NeedsInvestigation< / code > < / a >
< / li >
< li >
Issues that need a fix: < a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3ANeedsFix" > < code > is:issue is:open label:NeedsFix< / code > < / a >
< / li >
< li >
Issues that need a fix and have a CL: < a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3ANeedsFix+%22golang.org%2Fcl%22" > < code > is:issue is:open label:NeedsFix "golang.org/cl"< / code > < / a >
< / li >
< li >
Issues that need a fix and do not have a CL: < a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3ANeedsFix+NOT+%22golang.org%2Fcl%22" > < code > is:issue is:open label:NeedsFix NOT "golang.org/cl"< / code > < / a >
< / li >
< / ul >
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< h3 id = "design" > Open an issue for any new problem< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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Excluding very trivial changes, all contributions should be connected
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to an existing issue.
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Feel free to open one and discuss your plans.
This process gives everyone a chance to validate the design,
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
helps prevent duplication of effort,
and ensures that the idea fits inside the goals for the language and tools.
It also checks that the design is sound before code is written;
the code review tool is not the place for high-level discussions.
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< / p >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
When planning work, please note that the Go project follows a < a
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href="https://golang.org/wiki/Go-Release-Cycle">six-month development cycle< / a >
for the main Go repository. The latter half of each cycle is a three-month
feature freeze during which only bug fixes and documentation updates are
accepted. New contributions can be sent during a feature freeze, but they will
not be merged until the freeze is over. The freeze applies to the entire main
repository as well as to the code in golang.org/x/... repositories that is
needed to build the binaries included in the release. See the lists of packages
vendored into
< a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/vendor/modules.txt" > the standard library< / a >
and the < a href = "https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/vendor/modules.txt" > < code > go< / code > command< / a > .
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< / p >
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< p >
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Significant changes to the language, libraries, or tools must go
through the
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< a href = "https://golang.org/s/proposal-process" > change proposal process< / a >
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before they can be accepted.
< / p >
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2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
< p >
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Sensitive security-related issues (only!) should be reported to < a href = "mailto:security@golang.org" > security@golang.org< / a > .
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< / p >
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< h2 id = "sending_a_change_github" > Sending a change via GitHub< / h2 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
First-time contributors that are already familiar with the
< a href = "https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/" > GitHub flow< / a >
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are encouraged to use the same process for Go contributions.
Even though Go
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maintainers use Gerrit for code review, a bot called Gopherbot has been created to sync
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
GitHub pull requests to Gerrit.
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< / p >
< p >
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Open a pull request as you normally would.
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Gopherbot will create a corresponding Gerrit change and post a link to
it on your GitHub pull request; updates to the pull request will also
get reflected in the Gerrit change.
When somebody comments on the change, their comment will be also
posted in your pull request, so you will get a notification.
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< / p >
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< p >
Some things to keep in mind:
< / p >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< ul >
< li >
To update the pull request with new code, just push it to the branch; you can either
add more commits, or rebase and force-push (both styles are accepted).
< / li >
< li >
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If the request is accepted, all commits will be squashed, and the final
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
commit description will be composed by concatenating the pull request's
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title and description.
The individual commits' descriptions will be discarded.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
See < a href = "#commit_messages" > Writing good commit messages< / a > for some
suggestions.
< / li >
< li >
Gopherbot is unable to sync line-by-line codereview into GitHub: only the
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contents of the overall comment on the request will be synced.
Remember you can always visit Gerrit to see the fine-grained review.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< / ul >
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< h2 id = "sending_a_change_gerrit" > Sending a change via Gerrit< / h2 >
2017-07-19 08:21:30 -06:00
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
It is not possible to fully sync Gerrit and GitHub, at least at the moment,
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so we recommend learning Gerrit.
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It's different but powerful and familiarity with it will help you understand
the flow.
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< / p >
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< h3 id = "gerrit_overview" > Overview< / h3 >
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< p >
This is an overview of the overall process:
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< ul >
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< li >
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< b > Step 1:< / b > Clone the source code from < code > go.googlesource.com< / code > and
make sure it's stable by compiling and testing it once.
< p > If you're making a change to the
< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/go" > main Go repository< / a > :< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
2018-06-07 13:54:08 -06:00
$ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ cd go/src
$ ./all.bash # compile and test
< / pre >
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< p >
If you're making a change to one of the golang.org/x/... repositories
(< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools" > golang.org/x/tools< / a > ,
in this example):
< / p >
< pre >
$ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/tools
$ cd tools
$ go test ./... # compile and test
< / pre >
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< / li >
< li >
< b > Step 2:< / b > Prepare changes in a new branch, created from the master branch.
To commit the changes, use < code > git< / code > < code > codereview< / code > < code > change< / code > ; that
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
will create or amend a single commit in the branch.
< pre >
$ git checkout -b mybranch
$ [edit files...]
$ git add [files...]
$ git codereview change # create commit in the branch
$ [edit again...]
$ git add [files...]
$ git codereview change # amend the existing commit with new changes
$ [etc.]
< / pre >
< / li >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< li >
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< b > Step 3:< / b > Test your changes, either by running the tests in the package
you edited or by re-running < code > all.bash< / code > .
< p > In the main Go repository:< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
$ ./all.bash # recompile and test
< / pre >
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< p > In a golang.org/x/... repository:< / p >
< pre >
$ go test ./... # recompile and test
< / pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< li >
< b > Step 4:< / b > Send the changes for review to Gerrit using < code > git< / code >
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< code > codereview< / code > < code > mail< / code > (which doesn't use e-mail, despite the name).
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
$ git codereview mail # send changes to Gerrit
< / pre >
< / li >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< li >
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< b > Step 5:< / b > After a review, apply changes to the same single commit
and mail them to Gerrit again:
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
$ [edit files...]
$ git add [files...]
$ git codereview change # update same commit
$ git codereview mail # send to Gerrit again
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< / pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< / ul >
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< p >
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The rest of this section describes these steps in more detail.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2020-05-21 21:58:39 -06:00
< h3 id = "checkout_go" > Step 1: Clone the source code< / h3 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2017-02-09 13:33:13 -07:00
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
In addition to a recent Go installation, you need to have a local copy of the source
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checked out from the correct repository.
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You can check out the Go source repo onto your local file system anywhere
you want as long as it's outside your < code > GOPATH< / code > .
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Clone from < code > go.googlesource.com< / code > (not GitHub):
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< / p >
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< p > Main Go repository:< / p >
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< pre >
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$ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go
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$ cd go
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< / pre >
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< p > golang.org/x/... repository< / p >
(< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools" > golang.org/x/tools< / a > in this example):
< pre >
$ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/tools
$ cd tools
< / pre >
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< h3 id = "make_branch" > Step 2: Prepare changes in a new branch< / h3 >
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< p >
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Each Go change must be made in a separate branch, created from the master branch.
You can use
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
the normal < code > git< / code > commands to create a branch and add changes to the
staging area:
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< / p >
< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ git checkout -b mybranch
$ [edit files...]
$ git add [files...]
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< / pre >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
To commit changes, instead of < code > git commit< / code > , use < code > git codereview change< / code > .
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
$ git codereview change
(open $EDITOR)
< / pre >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
You can edit the commit description in your favorite editor as usual.
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The < code > git< / code > < code > codereview< / code > < code > change< / code > command
will automatically add a unique Change-Id line near the bottom.
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That line is used by Gerrit to match successive uploads of the same change.
Do not edit or delete it.
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A Change-Id looks like this:
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< / p >
< pre >
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Change-Id: I2fbdbffb3aab626c4b6f56348861b7909e3e8990
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< / pre >
< p >
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The tool also checks that you've
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
run < code > go< / code > < code > fmt< / code > over the source code, and that
the commit message follows the < a href = "#commit_messages" > suggested format< / a > .
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< p >
If you need to edit the files again, you can stage the new changes and
re-run < code > git< / code > < code > codereview< / code > < code > change< / code > : each subsequent
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run will amend the existing commit while preserving the Change-Id.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / p >
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< p >
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Make sure that you always keep a single commit in each branch.
If you add more
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
commits by mistake, you can use < code > git< / code > < code > rebase< / code > to
< a href = "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31668794/squash-all-your-commits-in-one-before-a-pull-request-in-github" > squash them together< / a >
into a single one.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
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< h3 id = "testing" > Step 3: Test your changes< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
You've < a href = "code.html" > written and tested your code< / a > , but
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before sending code out for review, run < i > all the tests for the whole
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tree< / i > to make sure the changes don't break other packages or programs.
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< / p >
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< h4 id = "test-gorepo" > In the main Go repository< / h4 >
< p > This can be done by running < code > all.bash< / code > :< / p >
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< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ cd go/src
$ ./all.bash
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< / pre >
< p >
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(To build under Windows use < code > all.bat< / code > )
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< / p >
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< p >
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After running for a while and printing a lot of testing output, the command should finish
by printing,
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< / p >
2009-11-01 21:48:21 -07:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
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ALL TESTS PASSED
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / pre >
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< p >
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You can use < code > make.bash< / code > instead of < code > all.bash< / code >
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to just build the compiler and the standard library without running the test suite.
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Once the < code > go< / code > tool is built, it will be installed as < code > bin/go< / code >
under the directory in which you cloned the Go repository, and you can
run it directly from there.
See also
the section on how to < a href = "#quick_test" > test your changes quickly< / a > .
2018-05-13 21:53:08 -06:00
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2020-05-21 21:58:39 -06:00
< h4 id = "test-xrepo" > In the golang.org/x/... repositories< / h4 >
< p >
Run the tests for the entire repository
(< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools" > golang.org/x/tools< / a > ,
in this example):
< / p >
< pre >
$ cd tools
$ go test ./...
< / pre >
< p >
If you're concerned about the build status,
you can check the < a href = "https://build.golang.org" > Build Dashboard< / a > .
Test failures may also be caught by the TryBots in code review.
< / p >
< p >
Some repositories, like
< a href = "https://go.googlesource.com/vscode-go" > golang.org/x/vscode-go< / a > will
have different testing infrastructures, so always check the documentation
for the repository in which you are working. The README file in the root of the
repository will usually have this information.
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "mail" > Step 4: Send changes for review< / h3 >
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< p >
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Once the change is ready and tested over the whole tree, send it for review.
This is done with the < code > mail< / code > sub-command which, despite its name, doesn't
directly mail anything; it just sends the change to Gerrit:
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< / p >
2009-11-01 21:48:21 -07:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< pre >
$ git codereview mail
< / pre >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Gerrit assigns your change a number and URL, which < code > git< / code > < code > codereview< / code > < code > mail< / code > will print, something like:
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< / p >
2009-11-06 11:04:22 -07:00
< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
remote: New Changes:
remote: https://go-review.googlesource.com/99999 math: improved Sin, Cos and Tan precision for very large arguments
2009-11-06 11:04:22 -07:00
< / pre >
2009-11-01 21:48:21 -07:00
2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
If you get an error instead, check the
< a href = "#troubleshooting_mail" > Troubleshooting mail errors< / a > section.
2009-11-06 11:04:22 -07:00
< / p >
2009-11-01 21:48:21 -07:00
2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
If your change relates to an open GitHub issue and you have followed the < a href = "#commit_messages" >
suggested commit message format< / a > , the issue will be updated in a few minutes by a bot,
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linking your Gerrit change to it in the comments.
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< / p >
2009-11-01 21:48:21 -07:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "revise" > Step 5: Revise changes after a review< / h3 >
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< p >
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Go maintainers will review your code on Gerrit, and you will get notifications via e-mail.
You can see the review on Gerrit and comment on them there.
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You can also reply
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< a href = "https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/intro-user.html#reply-by-email" > using e-mail< / a >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
if you prefer.
< / p >
2017-02-09 13:33:13 -07:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< p >
2018-06-20 11:23:24 -06:00
If you need to revise your change after the review, edit the files in
the same branch you previously created, add them to the Git staging
area, and then amend the commit with
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< code > git< / code > < code > codereview< / code > < code > change< / code > :
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< / p >
2009-11-06 11:04:22 -07:00
2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ git codereview change # amend current commit
(open $EDITOR)
$ git codereview mail # send new changes to Gerrit
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< / pre >
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
If you don't need to change the commit description, just save and exit from the editor.
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Remember not to touch the special Change-Id line.
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< / p >
< p >
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Again, make sure that you always keep a single commit in each branch.
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If you add more
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
commits by mistake, you can use < code > git rebase< / code > to
< a href = "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31668794/squash-all-your-commits-in-one-before-a-pull-request-in-github" > squash them together< / a >
into a single one.
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< / p >
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< h2 id = "commit_messages" > Good commit messages< / h2 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2018-05-13 21:53:08 -06:00
< p >
Commit messages in Go follow a specific set of conventions,
which we discuss in this section.
< / p >
< p >
Here is an example of a good one:
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2009-11-06 11:04:22 -07:00
< pre >
2016-05-24 12:12:22 -06:00
math: improve Sin, Cos and Tan precision for very large arguments
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2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
The existing implementation has poor numerical properties for
large arguments, so use the McGillicutty algorithm to improve
accuracy above 1e10.
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2018-06-13 01:06:04 -06:00
The algorithm is described at https://wikipedia.org/wiki/McGillicutty_Algorithm
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2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
Fixes #159
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< / pre >
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2019-06-03 21:56:35 -06:00
< h3 id = "first_line" > First line< / h3 >
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< p >
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The first line of the change description is conventionally a short one-line
summary of the change, prefixed by the primary affected package.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2018-05-13 21:53:08 -06:00
< p >
2018-05-14 03:41:37 -06:00
A rule of thumb is that it should be written so to complete the sentence
"This change modifies Go to _____."
That means it does not start with a capital letter, is not a complete sentence,
and actually summarizes the result of the change.
< / p >
< p >
Follow the first line by a blank line.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2019-06-03 21:56:35 -06:00
< h3 id = "main_content" > Main content< / h3 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2018-05-13 21:53:08 -06:00
< p >
The rest of the description elaborates and should provide context for the
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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change and explain what it does.
Write in complete sentences with correct punctuation, just like
for your comments in Go.
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Don't use HTML, Markdown, or any other markup language.
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< / p >
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< p >
Add any relevant information, such as benchmark data if the change
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affects performance.
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The < a href = "https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat" > benchstat< / a >
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tool is conventionally used to format
benchmark data for change descriptions.
< / p >
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< h3 id = "ref_issues" > Referencing issues< / h3 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< p >
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The special notation "Fixes #12345" associates the change with issue 12345 in the
< a href = "https://golang.org/issue/12345" > Go issue tracker< / a > .
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When this change is eventually applied, the issue
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tracker will automatically mark the issue as fixed.
< / p >
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
If the change is a partial step towards the resolution of the issue,
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write "Updates #12345" instead.
This will leave a comment in the issue linking back to the change in
Gerrit, but it will not close the issue when the change is applied.
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< / p >
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< p >
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If you are sending a change against a golang.org/x/... repository, you must use
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the fully-qualified syntax supported by GitHub to make sure the change is
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linked to the issue in the main repository, not the x/ repository.
Most issues are tracked in the main repository's issue tracker.
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The correct form is "Fixes golang/go#159".
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h2 id = "review" > The review process< / h2 >
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< p >
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This section explains the review process in detail and how to approach
reviews after a change has been mailed.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "mistakes" > Common beginner mistakes< / h3 >
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< p >
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When a change is sent to Gerrit, it is usually triaged within a few days.
A maintainer will have a look and provide some initial review that for first-time
contributors usually focuses on basic cosmetics and common mistakes.
These include things like:
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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< ul >
< li >
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Commit message not following the < a href = "#commit_messages" > suggested
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
format< / a > .
< / li >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< li >
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The lack of a linked GitHub issue.
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The vast majority of changes
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
require a linked issue that describes the bug or the feature that the change
fixes or implements, and consensus should have been reached on the tracker
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before proceeding with it.
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Gerrit reviews do not discuss the merit of the change,
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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just its implementation.
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< br >
Only trivial or cosmetic changes will be accepted without an associated issue.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< li >
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Change sent during the freeze phase of the development cycle, when the tree
is closed for general changes.
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In this case,
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a maintainer might review the code with a line such as < code > R=go1.12< / code > ,
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
which means that it will be reviewed later when the tree opens for a new
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development window.
You can add < code > R=go1.XX< / code > as a comment yourself
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if you know that it's not the correct time frame for the change.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< / ul >
< h3 id = "trybots" > Trybots< / h3 >
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< p >
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After an initial reading of your change, maintainers will trigger trybots,
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a cluster of servers that will run the full test suite on several different
architectures.
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Most trybots complete in a few minutes, at which point a link will
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be posted in Gerrit where you can see the results.
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
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< p >
If the trybot run fails, follow the link and check the full logs of the
platforms on which the tests failed.
Try to understand what broke, update your patch to fix it, and upload again.
Maintainers will trigger a new trybot run to see
if the problem was fixed.
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
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< p >
Sometimes, the tree can be broken on some platforms for a few hours; if
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the failure reported by the trybot doesn't seem related to your patch, go to the
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< a href = "https://build.golang.org" > Build Dashboard< / a > and check if the same
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failure appears in other recent commits on the same platform.
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In this case,
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
feel free to write a comment in Gerrit to mention that the failure is
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unrelated to your change, to help maintainers understand the situation.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "reviews" > Reviews< / h3 >
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< p >
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The Go community values very thorough reviews.
Think of each review comment like a ticket: you are expected to somehow "close" it
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
by acting on it, either by implementing the suggestion or convincing the
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reviewer otherwise.
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
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< p >
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After you update the change, go through the review comments and make sure
to reply to every one.
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You can click the "Done" button to reply
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
indicating that you've implemented the reviewer's suggestion; otherwise,
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click on "Reply" and explain why you have not, or what you have done instead.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
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< p >
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It is perfectly normal for changes to go through several round of reviews,
with one or more reviewers making new comments every time
and then waiting for an updated change before reviewing again.
This cycle happens even for experienced contributors, so
don't be discouraged by it.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "votes" > Voting conventions< / h3 >
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< p >
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As they near a decision, reviewers will make a "vote" on your change.
The Gerrit voting system involves an integer in the range -2 to +2:
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< ul >
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< li >
< b > +2< / b > The change is approved for being merged.
Only Go maintainers can cast a +2 vote.
< / li >
< li >
< b > +1< / b > The change looks good, but either the reviewer is requesting
minor changes before approving it, or they are not a maintainer and cannot
approve it, but would like to encourage an approval.
< / li >
< li >
< b > -1< / b > The change is not good the way it is but might be fixable.
A -1 vote will always have a comment explaining why the change is unacceptable.
< / li >
< li >
< b > -2< / b > The change is blocked by a maintainer and cannot be approved.
Again, there will be a comment explaining the decision.
< / li >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / ul >
2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "submit" > Submitting an approved change< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
After the code has been +2'ed, an approver will
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apply it to the master branch using the Gerrit user interface.
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This is called "submitting the change".
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< / p >
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< p >
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The two steps (approving and submitting) are separate because in some cases maintainers
may want to approve it but not to submit it right away (for instance,
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
the tree could be temporarily frozen).
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< / p >
< p >
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Submitting a change checks it into the repository.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
The change description will include a link to the code review,
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which will be updated with a link to the change
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
in the repository.
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Since the method used to integrate the changes is Git's "Cherry Pick",
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
the commit hashes in the repository will be changed by
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the submit operation.
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< / p >
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< p >
If your change has been approved for a few days without being
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
submitted, feel free to write a comment in Gerrit requesting
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submission.
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2014-07-03 15:42:23 -06:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "more_information" > More information< / h3 >
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2014-07-03 15:42:23 -06:00
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
In addition to the information here, the Go community maintains a < a
href="https://golang.org/wiki/CodeReview">CodeReview< / a > wiki page.
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Feel free to contribute to this page as you learn more about the review process.
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< / p >
2017-02-09 13:33:13 -07:00
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2018-05-14 03:41:37 -06:00
< h2 id = "advanced_topics" > Miscellaneous topics< / h2 >
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< p >
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This section collects a number of other comments that are
outside the issue/edit/code review/submit process itself.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "copyright" > Copyright headers< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Files in the Go repository don't list author names, both to avoid clutter
and to avoid having to keep the lists up to date.
Instead, your name will appear in the
< a href = "https://golang.org/change" > change log< / a > and in the < a
href="/CONTRIBUTORS">< code > CONTRIBUTORS< / code > < / a > file and perhaps the < a
href="/AUTHORS">< code > AUTHORS< / code > < / a > file.
These files are automatically generated from the commit logs periodically.
The < a href = "/AUTHORS" > < code > AUTHORS< / code > < / a > file defines who “ The Go
Authors” — the copyright holders— are.
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< / p >
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< p >
New files that you contribute should use the standard copyright header:
< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2014-07-03 15:42:23 -06:00
< pre >
2019-12-31 22:00:00 -07:00
// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
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< / pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< p >
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(Use the current year if you're reading this in 2021 or beyond.)
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Files in the repository are copyrighted the year they are added.
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Do not update the copyright year on files that you change.
< / p >
< h3 id = "troubleshooting_mail" > Troubleshooting mail errors< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
The most common way that the < code > git< / code > < code > codereview< / code > < code > mail< / code >
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command fails is because the e-mail address in the commit does not match the one
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
that you used during < a href = "#google_account" > the registration process< / a > .
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< br >
If you see something like...
< / p >
< pre >
remote: Processing changes: refs: 1, done
remote:
remote: ERROR: In commit ab13517fa29487dcf8b0d48916c51639426c5ee9
remote: ERROR: author email address XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
remote: ERROR: does not match your user account.
< / pre >
< p >
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you need to configure Git for this repository to use the
e-mail address that you registered with.
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To change the e-mail address to ensure this doesn't happen again, run:
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< / p >
< pre >
$ git config user.email email@address.com
< / pre >
< p >
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Then change the commit to use this alternative e-mail address with this command:
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< / p >
< pre >
$ git commit --amend --author="Author Name < email@address.com> "
< / pre >
< p >
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Then retry by running:
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< / p >
< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ git codereview mail
< / pre >
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< h3 id = "quick_test" > Quickly testing your changes< / h3 >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
2018-05-13 21:53:08 -06:00
< p >
Running < code > all.bash< / code > for every single change to the code tree
is burdensome.
Even though it is strongly suggested to run it before
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
sending a change, during the normal development cycle you may want
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to compile and test only the package you are developing.
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< / p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< ul >
< li >
In general, you can run < code > make.bash< / code > instead of < code > all.bash< / code >
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to only rebuild the Go tool chain without running the whole test suite.
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Or you
can run < code > run.bash< / code > to only run the whole test suite without rebuilding
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the tool chain.
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You can think of < code > all.bash< / code > as < code > make.bash< / code >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
followed by < code > run.bash< / code > .
< / li >
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< li >
In this section, we'll call the directory into which you cloned the Go repository < code > $GODIR< / code > .
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The < code > go< / code > tool built by < code > $GODIR/src/make.bash< / code > will be installed
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in < code > $GODIR/bin/go< / code > and you
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can invoke it to test your code.
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For instance, if you
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
have modified the compiler and you want to test how it affects the
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test suite of your own project, just run < code > go< / code > < code > test< / code >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
using it:
< pre >
$ cd < MYPROJECTDIR>
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$ $GODIR/bin/go test
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< / pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / li >
< li >
If you're changing the standard library, you probably don't need to rebuild
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the compiler: you can just run the tests for the package you've changed.
You can do that either with the Go version you normally use, or
with the Go compiler built from your clone (which is
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
sometimes required because the standard library code you're modifying
might require a newer version than the stable one you have installed).
< pre >
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$ cd $GODIR/src/hash/sha1
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ [make changes...]
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$ $GODIR/bin/go test .
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / pre >
< / li >
< li >
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If you're modifying the compiler itself, you can just recompile
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
the < code > compile< / code > tool (which is the internal binary invoked
by < code > go< / code > < code > build< / code > to compile each single package).
After that, you will want to test it by compiling or running something.
< pre >
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$ cd $GODIR/src
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ [make changes...]
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$ $GODIR/bin/go install cmd/compile
$ $GODIR/bin/go build [something...] # test the new compiler
$ $GODIR/bin/go run [something...] # test the new compiler
$ $GODIR/bin/go test [something...] # test the new compiler
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / pre >
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The same applies to other internal tools of the Go tool chain,
such as < code > asm< / code > , < code > cover< / code > , < code > link< / code > , and so on.
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Just recompile and install the tool using < code > go< / code >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< code > install< / code > < code > cmd/< TOOL> < / code > and then use
the built Go binary to test it.
< / li >
< li >
In addition to the standard per-package tests, there is a top-level
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test suite in < code > $GODIR/test< / code > that contains
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several black-box and regression tests.
The test suite is run
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
by < code > all.bash< / code > but you can also run it manually:
< pre >
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$ cd $GODIR/test
$ $GODIR/bin/go run run.go
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< / pre >
< / ul >
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< h3 id = "cc" > Specifying a reviewer / CCing others< / h3 >
< p >
Unless explicitly told otherwise, such as in the discussion leading
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up to sending in the change, it's better not to specify a reviewer.
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All changes are automatically CC'ed to the
< a href = "https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews" > golang-codereviews@googlegroups.com< / a >
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mailing list.
If this is your first ever change, there may be a moderation
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delay before it appears on the mailing list, to prevent spam.
< / p >
< p >
You can specify a reviewer or CC interested parties
using the < code > -r< / code > or < code > -cc< / code > options.
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Both accept a comma-separated list of e-mail addresses:
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< / p >
< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ git codereview mail -r joe@golang.org -cc mabel@example.com,math-nuts@swtch.com
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< / pre >
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< h3 id = "sync" > Synchronize your client< / h3 >
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< p >
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While you were working, others might have submitted changes to the repository.
To update your local branch, run
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< / p >
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< pre >
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$ git codereview sync
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< / pre >
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< p >
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(Under the covers this runs
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< code > git< / code > < code > pull< / code > < code > -r< / code > .)
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< / p >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "download" > Reviewing code by others< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
As part of the review process reviewers can propose changes directly (in the
GitHub workflow this would be someone else attaching commits to a pull request).
You can import these changes proposed by someone else into your local Git repository.
On the Gerrit review page, click the "Download ▼" link in the upper right
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corner, copy the "Checkout" command and run it from your local Git repo.
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It will look something like this:
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< / p >
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< pre >
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$ git fetch https://go.googlesource.com/review refs/changes/21/13245/1 & & git checkout FETCH_HEAD
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< / pre >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
To revert, change back to the branch you were working in.
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< / p >
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2014-12-09 15:29:35 -07:00
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< h3 id = "git-config" > Set up git aliases< / h3 >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
The < code > git-codereview< / code > command can be run directly from the shell
by typing, for instance,
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< / p >
< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
$ git codereview sync
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< / pre >
< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
but it is more convenient to set up aliases for < code > git-codereview< / code > 's own
subcommands, so that the above becomes,
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< / p >
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< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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$ git sync
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< / pre >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
The < code > git-codereview< / code > subcommands have been chosen to be distinct from
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Git's own, so it's safe to define these aliases.
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To install them, copy this text into your
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Git configuration file (usually < code > .gitconfig< / code > in your home directory):
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< / p >
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< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
[alias]
change = codereview change
gofmt = codereview gofmt
mail = codereview mail
pending = codereview pending
submit = codereview submit
sync = codereview sync
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< / pre >
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doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
< h3 id = "multiple_changes" > Sending multiple dependent changes< / h3 >
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< p >
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Advanced users may want to stack up related commits in a single branch.
Gerrit allows for changes to be dependent on each other, forming such a dependency chain.
Each change will need to be approved and submitted separately but the dependency
will be visible to reviewers.
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< / p >
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< p >
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To send out a group of dependent changes, keep each change as a different commit under
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
the same branch, and then run:
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< / p >
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< pre >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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$ git codereview mail HEAD
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< / pre >
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< p >
doc: first version of new contribute guide
I've reorganized the guide and rewritten large sections.
The structure is now more clear and logical, and can
be understood and navigated using the summary displayed at
the top of the page (before, the summary was confusing because
the guide contained H1s that were being ignored by the summary).
Both the initial onboarding process and the Gerrit
change submission process have been reworked to
include a concise checklist of steps that can be
read and understood in a few seconds, for people
that don't want or need to bother with details.
More in-depth descriptions have been moved into
separate sections, one per each checklist step.
This is by far the biggest improvement, as the previous
approach of having to read several pages just to understand
the requires steps was very scaring for beginners, in
addition of being harder to navigate.
GitHub pull requests have been integrated as a different
way to submit a change, suggested for first time contributors.
The review process has been described in more details,
documenting the workflow and the used conventions.
Most miscellanea have been moved into an "advanced
topics" chapter.
Paragraphs describing how to use git have been removed
to simplify reading. This guide should focus on Go contribution,
and not help users getting familiar with git, for which many
guides are available.
Change-Id: I6f4b76583c9878b230ba1d0225745a1708fad2e8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/93495
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
2018-02-12 18:51:23 -07:00
Make sure to explicitly specify < code > HEAD< / code > , which is usually not required when sending
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single changes. More details can be found in the < a href = "https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/review/git-codereview?tab=doc#hdr-Multiple_Commit_Work_Branches" > git-codereview documentation< / a > .
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< / p >
