mirror of https://github.com/zulip/zulip.git
72 lines
3.8 KiB
Markdown
72 lines
3.8 KiB
Markdown
# Quick start: how Zulip uses Git and GitHub
|
|
|
|
This quick start provides a brief overview of how Zulip uses Git and GitHub.
|
|
|
|
Those who are familiar with Git and GitHub should be able to start contributing
|
|
with these details in mind:
|
|
|
|
- We use **GitHub for source control and code review.** To contribute, fork
|
|
[zulip/zulip][github-zulip-zulip] (or the appropriate
|
|
[repository][github-zulip], if you are working on something else besides
|
|
Zulip server) to your own account and then create feature/issue branches.
|
|
When you're ready to get feedback, submit a work-in-progress (WIP) pull
|
|
request. _We encourage you to submit WIP pull requests early and often._
|
|
|
|
- We use a **[rebase][gitbook-rebase]-oriented workflow.** We do not use merge
|
|
commits. This means you should use `git fetch` followed by `git rebase`
|
|
rather than `git pull` (or you can use `git pull --rebase`). Also, to prevent
|
|
pull requests from becoming out of date with the main line of development,
|
|
you should rebase your feature branch prior to submitting a pull request, and
|
|
as needed thereafter. If you're unfamiliar with how to rebase a pull request,
|
|
[read this excellent guide][github-rebase-pr].
|
|
|
|
We use this strategy in order to avoid the extra commits that appear
|
|
when another branch is merged, that clutter the commit history (it's
|
|
popular with other large projects such as Django). This makes
|
|
Zulip's commit history more readable, but a side effect is that many
|
|
pull requests we merge will be reported by GitHub's UI as _closed_
|
|
instead of _merged_, since GitHub has poor support for
|
|
rebase-oriented workflows.
|
|
|
|
- We have a **[code style guide][zulip-rtd-code-style]**, a **[commit message
|
|
guide][zulip-rtd-commit-messages]**, and strive for each commit to be _a
|
|
minimal coherent idea_ (see **[commit
|
|
discipline][zulip-rtd-commit-discipline]** for details).
|
|
|
|
- We provide **many tools to help you submit quality code.** These include
|
|
[linters][zulip-rtd-lint-tools], [tests][zulip-rtd-testing], [continuous
|
|
integration][continuous-integration] and [mypy][zulip-rtd-mypy].
|
|
|
|
- We use [zulipbot][zulip-rtd-zulipbot-usage] to manage our issues and
|
|
pull requests to create a better GitHub workflow for contributors.
|
|
|
|
- We provide some handy **[Zulip-specific Git scripts][zulip-rtd-zulip-tools]**
|
|
for developers to easily do tasks like fetching and rebasing a pull
|
|
request, cleaning unimportant branches, etc. These reduce the common
|
|
tasks of testing other contributors' pull requests to single commands.
|
|
|
|
Finally, install the [Zulip developer environment][zulip-rtd-dev-overview], and then
|
|
[configure continuous integration for your fork][zulip-git-guide-fork-ci].
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
The following sections will help you be awesome with Zulip and Git/GitHub in a
|
|
rebased-based workflow. Read through it if you're new to Git, to a rebase-based
|
|
Git workflow, or if you'd like a Git refresher.
|
|
|
|
[gitbook-rebase]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Rebasing
|
|
[github-rebase-pr]: https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/wiki/How-to-Rebase-a-Pull-Request
|
|
[github-zulip]: https://github.com/zulip/
|
|
[github-zulip-zulip]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/
|
|
[continuous-integration]: ../testing/continuous-integration.md
|
|
[zulip-git-guide-fork-ci]: ../git/cloning.html#step-3-configure-continuous-integration-for-your-fork
|
|
[zulip-rtd-code-style]: ../contributing/code-style.md
|
|
[zulip-rtd-commit-discipline]: ../contributing/version-control.html#commit-discipline
|
|
[zulip-rtd-commit-messages]: ../contributing/version-control.html#commit-messages
|
|
[zulip-rtd-dev-overview]: ../development/overview.md
|
|
[zulip-rtd-lint-tools]: ../contributing/code-style.html#lint-tools
|
|
[zulip-rtd-mypy]: ../testing/mypy.md
|
|
[zulip-rtd-testing]: ../testing/testing.md
|
|
[zulip-rtd-zulip-tools]: ../git/zulip-tools.md
|
|
[zulip-rtd-zulipbot-usage]: ../contributing/zulipbot-usage.md
|