HUBOT

Contributing

This project adheres to the [Open Code of Conduct][code-of-conduct]. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. [code-of-conduct]: http://todogroup.org/opencodeofconduct/#Hubot/opensource@github.com

We love pull requests. Here’s a quick guide:

1. Check for existing issues for duplicates and confirm that it hasn’t been fixed already in the master branch
2. Fork the repo, and clone it locally
3. npm link to make your cloned repo available to npm
4. Follow Getting Started to generate a testbot
5. npm link hubot in your newly created bot to use your hubot fork
6. Create a new branch for your contribution
7. Add tests (run with npm test)
8. Push to your fork and submit a pull request

At this point you’re waiting on us. We like to at least comment on, if not accept, pull requests within a few days. We may suggest some changes or improvements or alternatives.

Some things that will increase the chance that your pull request is accepted:

• Use CoffeeScript idioms and style guide
• Update the documentation: code comments, example code, guides. Basically, update everything affected by your contribution.

• Include any information that would be relevant to reproducing bugs, use cases for new features, etc.

• Discuss the impact on existing hubot installs, hubot adapters, and hubot scripts (e.g. backwards compatibility)
  • If the change does break compatibility, how can it be updated to become backwards compatible, while directing users to the new way of doing things?
• Your commits are associated with your GitHub user: https://help.github.com/articles/why-are-my-commits-linked-to-the-wrong-user/
• Make pull requests against a feature branch,
• Don’t update the version in package.json, as the maintainers will manage that in a follow-up PR to release

Syntax:

• Two spaces, no tabs.
• No trailing whitespace. Blank lines should not have any space.
• Prefer and and or over && and ||
• Prefer single quotes over double quotes unless interpolating strings.
• MyClass.myMethod(my_arg) not myMethod( my_arg ) or myMethod my_arg.
• a = b and not a=b.
• Follow the conventions you see used in the source already.

Releasing

This section is for maintainers of hubot. Here’s the current process for releasing:

• review unreleased changes since last release on https://github.com/github/hubot/commits/master
• determine what version to release as:
  • bug or documentation fix? patch release
  • new functionality that is backwards compatible? minor version
  • breaking change? major release, but think about if it can be fixed to be a minor release instead
• create a release-vX.X.X branch to release from
• update package.json’s version
• summarize changes in CHANGELOG.md (see https://github.com/github/hubot/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v2120 for an example)
• create a pull request, and cc pull requests included in this release, as well as their contributors (see https://github.com/github/hubot/pull/887 as an example)
• merge pull request
• checkout master branch, and run script/release