CONTRIBUTING.md

   1 # Contributing
   2
   3 Hi,
   4
   5 this document is made for newcomers in Jirafeau who are digging into the code.
   6
   7 If you have further questions, then just ask for help 🤓.
   8
   9 ## General principle
  10
  11 Jirafeau is made in the [KISS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle) way (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
  12
  13 It is meant to be a simple filehosting service, simple to use, simple to install, simple to maintain.
  14
  15 This project won't evolve to a file manager and will focus to keep a very few dependencies.
  16
  17 So things like a markdown parser for the ToS or E-Mail tasks would be usefull for sure, but may be [rejected](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/issues/37#note_1191566) since they would a lot of dependencies and makes the project more complex.
  18
  19 ## Structure
  20
  21 Here is a little explaination of Jirafeau's arboresence in a simplified
  22 view only to show the most importants files and their role.
  23
  24 ```
  25 .
  26 ├── admin.php : administration interface to manage links and files
  27 ├── docker : folder containing some configuration files to run Jirafeau in docker
  28 ├── f.php : permits to download files or show the download page
  29 ├── index.php : provides a web interface to interact with API
  30 ├── script.php : API interface (all file actions happen here - upload, deletion, etc)
  31 ├── install.php : installation script
  32 ├── tos.php : "Terms of Service" page
  33 ├── lib
  34 │   ├── config.original.php : default parameters
  35 │   ├── config.local.php : the users parameters (auto generated, not versionized)
  36 │   ├── functions_*.js : JavaScript functions for index.php (AJAX etc)
  37 │   ├── functions.php : core functions and tools of Jirafeau
  38 │   ├── tos.original.txt : default text show on the ToS page
  39 │   ├── tos.local.txt : a users alternative text show on the ToS page (not versionized)
  40 │   ├── settings.php : core settings of Jirafeau, includes the configuration params automatically
  41 │   ├── locales : language folder, contains all language files
  42 │   └── template
  43 │       ├── footer.php : footer with links to source and ToS for all HTML views
  44 │       └── header.php : header with logo and title for all HTML views
  45 ├── media : folder containing all skins
  46 └── var-xxxxxxx : the users folder containing all data (auto generated, not versionized)
  47     ├── async : chunks of uploaded files (not succressfull yet)
  48     ├── files : all files that have been uploaded successfully
  49     │   ├── [hashed file name] : the original file
  50     │   └── [hashed file name]_count : count many links to this file exist
  51     └── links : all links, including meta-informations, pointing to files
  52         └── [link] : the link file, includes which original file should be used and some meta data like creation date, expiration time
  53 ```
  54
  55 ## Translations
  56
  57 Translation may be add via [Jirafeau's Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/jirafeau/master/).
  58
  59 ## Coding style
  60
  61 - This project follows the [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) Coding Style
  62 - Files must be in UTF-8 without BOM and use Unix Line Endings (LF)
  63
  64 ## Branches
  65
  66 * ```master``` = latest release, e.g. 2.0.1
  67 * ```next-release``` = development branch - all new features are merged into this branch until the next version is released. So use this branch as base while developing new features or bugfixes.
  68 * ```test``` = sandbox branch to test new features or merge requests, or run integration tests. The content of this branch may change at any time.
  69
  70 ## Merge Requests
  71
  72 Please create one branch for each feature and send one merge request for each branch.
  73
  74 Dont squash several changes or commits into one merge request as this is hard to review.
  75
  76 Please use ```next-release``` as base branch and send your merge request to this branch (not ```master```).
  77
  78 Quick walktrough:
  79
  80 * Create ticket for new feature
  81 * Fork the original repository, clone the own repository, add the original repository as upstream
  82 * Checkout »next-release« branch ```git checkout next-release```
  83 * Create a new branch on top of that one, e.g. »some-feature« ```git checkout -b some-feature```
  84 * Commit changes → push → send merge request ```git add -A; git commit; git push``` MR via GitLab (link shown in console)
  85 * Feature is reviewed
  86   * MR accepted: Reviewer checks out »next-release« branch and cherry-picks the commit ```git checkout next-release; git cherry-pick be4369641; git push```
  87   * MR declined: Reviewer add some notes, Developer rebases his branch, adds neccessary changes, force pushes the branch, ask a reviewer to review the changes in the merge request ticket (as Gitlab recognizes them automatically) ```git checkout some-feature; git rebase upstream/next-release``` …[add changes]… ```git add -A, git commit --amend; git push -f```
  88
  89 ## New Releases
  90
  91 * Compare the [»next-release« branch to »master«](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/compare/master...next-release)
  92 * Add a list of noteworthy features and bugfixes to the README
  93 * Change the version, using [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/), in ```settings.php```
  94 * Merge »next-release« branch to »master«
  95 * Update the demo page
  96 * Tag the »master« with the new version
  97 * Push branch and tag
  98 * Dance a little