+# Contributing
+
Hi,
-This document is only made for newcomers in Jirafeau who are digging into
-the code.
+this document is made for newcomers in Jirafeau who are digging into the code.
+
+If you have further questions, then just ask for help π€.
+
+## General principle
+
+Jirafeau is made in the [KISS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle) way (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
+
+It is meant to be a simple filehosting service, simple to use, simple to install, simple to maintain.
+
+This project won't evolve to a file manager and will focus to keep a very few dependencies.
+
+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.
+
+## Structure
Here is a little explaination of Jirafeau's arboresence in a simplified
view only to show the most importants files and their role.
+```
.
-βββ admin.php : adminitration interface, also permits to download files
+βββ admin.php : administration interface to manage links and files
βββ f.php : permits to download files or show the download page
-βββ index.php : only provide a html/javascript client to interact with API
-βββ script.php : API interface and it's html documentation
+βββ index.php : provides a web interface to interact with API
+βββ script.php : API interface (all file actions happen here - upload, deletion, etc)
βββ install.php : installation script
-βββ tos.php : terms of use the user may edit
+βββ tos.php : "Terms of Service" page
βββ lib
-βΒ Β βββ config.local.php : user's parameters
-βΒ Β βββ config.original.php : default parameters with their documentation
-βΒ Β βββ functions_*.js : javascript functions for html/javascript client
-βΒ Β βββ functions.php : core functions and tools of jirafeau
-βΒ Β βββ locales : langage folder, contain all langage files
+βΒ Β βββ config.original.php : default parameters
+βΒ Β βββ config.local.php : the users parameters (auto generated, not versionized)
+βΒ Β βββ functions_*.js : JavaScript functions for index.php (AJAX etc)
+βΒ Β βββ functions.php : core functions and tools of Jirafeau
+βΒ Β βββ tos.original.txt : default text show on the ToS page
+βΒ Β βββ tos.local.txt : a users alternative text show on the ToS page (not versionized)
+βΒ Β βββ settings.php : core settings of Jirafeau, includes the configuration params automatically
+βΒ Β βββ locales : language folder, contains all language files
βΒ Β βββ template
-βΒ Β βββ footer.php
-βΒ Β βββ header.php
+βΒ Β βββ footer.php : footer with links to source and ToS for all HTML views
+βΒ Β βββ header.php : header with logo and title for all HTML views
βββ media : folder containing all skins
-βββ var-xxxxxxx : folder containing all data
- βββ async : chunks of uploaded files
- βββ files : all files that has been successfully uploaded
- βββ links : all links pointing to files with meta-informations
+βββ var-xxxxxxx : the users folder containing all data (auto generated, not versionized)
+ βββ async : chunks of uploaded files (not succressfull yet)
+ βββ files : all files that have been uploaded successfully
+ βββ [hashed file name] : the original file
+ βββ [hashed file name]_count : count many links to this file exist
+ βββ links : all links, including meta-informations, pointing to files
+ βββ [link] : the link file, includes which original file should be used and some meta data like creation date, expiration time
+```
+
+## Translations
+
+Translation may be add via [Jirafeau's Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/jirafeau/master/).
+
+## Coding style
+
+- This project follows the [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) Coding Style
+- Files must be in UTF-8 without BOM and use Unix Line Endings (LF)
+
+## Branches
+
+* ```master``` = latest release, e.g. 2.0.1
+* ```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.
+* ```test``` = sandbox branch to test new features or merge requests, or run integration tests. The content of this branch may change at any time.
+
+## Merge Requests
+
+Please create one branch for each feature and send one merge request for each branch.
+
+Dont squash several changes or commits into one merge request as this is hard to review.
+
+Please use ```next-release``` as base branch and send your merge request to this branch (not ```master```).
-Coding style:
+Quick walktrough:
-- PHP function keywords are alone on a line
-- Braces "{" must are put in a new line
-- Files must be in UTF-8 (without BOM)
-- Uses LF (\n) for end of lines
+* Create ticket for new feature
+* Fork the original repository, clone the own repository, add the original repository as upstream
+* Checkout Β»next-releaseΒ« branch ```git checkout next-release```
+* Create a new branch on top of that one, e.g. Β»some-featureΒ« ```git checkout -b some-feature```
+* Commit changes β push β send merge request ```git add -A; git commit; git push``` MR via GitLab (link shown in console)
+* Feature is reviewed
+ * MR accepted: Reviewer checks out Β»next-releaseΒ« branch and cherry-picks the commit ```git checkout next-release; git cherry-pick be4369641; git push```
+ * 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``` β¦[add changes]β¦ ```git add -A, git commit --amend; git push -f```
-The whole project is not clean about that, feel free to fix :)
+## New Releases
+* Compare the [Β»next-releaseΒ« branch to Β»masterΒ«](https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/compare/master...next-release)
+* Add a list of noteworthy features and bugfixes to the README
+* Change the version, using [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/), in ```settings.php```
+* Merge Β»next-releaseΒ« branch to Β»masterΒ«
+* Update the demo page
+* Tag the Β»masterΒ« with the new version
+* Push branch and tag
+* Dance a little
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