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How to contribute
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=================
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Identifying an area to contribute
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---------------------------------
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There are several ways to identify an area where you can contribute to Corda:
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* Browse issues labelled as ``good first issue`` in the
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`Corda GitHub Issues <https://github.com/corda/corda/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
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* Any issue with a ``good first issue`` label is considered ideal for open-source contributions
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* If there is a feature you would like to add and there isn't a corresponding issue labelled as ``good first issue``,
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that doesn't mean your contribution isn't welcome. Please reach out on the ``#design`` channel to clarify (see
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below)
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* Ask in the ``#design`` channel of the `Corda Slack <http://slack.corda.net/>`_
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Making the required changes
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---------------------------
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1. Create a fork of the master branch of the `Corda repo <https://github.com/corda/corda>`_
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2. Clone the fork to your local machine
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3. Build Corda by following the instructions :doc:`here </building-corda>`
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4. Make the changes, in accordance with the :doc:`code style guide </codestyle>`
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Extending the flow state machine
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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You can find instructions on how to extend the flow state machine :doc:`here </contributing-flow-state-machines>`
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Things to check
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Is your error handling up to scratch?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Errors should not leak to the UI. When writing tools intended for end users, like the node or command line tools,
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remember to add ``try``/``catch`` blocks. Throw meaningful errors. For example, instead of throwing an
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``OutOfMemoryError``, use the error message to indicate that a file is missing, a network socket was unreachable, etc.
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Tools should not dump stack traces to the end user.
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Look for API breaks
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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We have an automated checker tool that runs as part of our continuous integration pipeline and helps a lot, but it
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can't catch semantic changes where the behavior of an API changes in ways that might violate app developer expectations.
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Suppress inevitable compiler warnings
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Compiler warnings should have a ``@Suppress`` annotation on them if they're expected and can't be avoided.
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Remove deprecated functionality
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When deprecating functionality, make sure you remove the deprecated uses in the codebase.
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Avoid making formatting changes as you work
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In Kotlin 1.2.20, new style guide rules were implemented. The new Kotlin style guide is significantly more detailed
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than before and IntelliJ knows how to implement those rules. Re-formatting the codebase creates a lot of diffs that
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make merging more complicated.
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Things to consider when writing CLI apps
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* Set exit codes using ``exitProcess``. Zero means success. Other numbers mean errors. Setting a unique error code
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(starting from 1) for each thing that can conceivably break makes your tool shell-scripting friendly
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* Do a bit of work to figure out reasonable defaults. Nobody likes having to set a dozen flags before the tool will
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cooperate
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* Your ``--help`` text or other docs should ideally include examples. Writing examples is also a good way to find out
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that your program requires a dozen flags to do anything
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* Flags should have sensible defaults
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* Don’t print logging output to the console unless the user requested it via a ``–verbose`` flag (conventionally
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shortened to ``-v``) or a ``–log-to-console`` flag. Logs should be either suppressed or saved to a text file during
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normal usage, except for errors, which are always OK to print
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Testing the changes
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-------------------
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Adding tests
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Unit tests and integration tests for external API changes must cover Java and Kotlin. For internal API changes these
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tests can be scaled back to kotlin only.
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Running the tests
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Your changes must pass the tests described :doc:`here </testing>`.
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Manual testing
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Before sending that code for review, spend time poking and prodding the tool and thinking, “Would the experience of
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using this feature make my mum proud of me?”. Automated tests are not a substitute for dogfooding.
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Building against the master branch
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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You can test your changes against CorDapps defined in other repos by following the instructions
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:doc:`here </building-against-master>`.
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Running the API scanner
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Your changes must also not break compatibility with existing public API. We have an API scanning tool which runs as part of the build
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process which can be used to flag up any accidental changes, which is detailed :doc:`here </api-scanner>`.
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Updating the docs
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-----------------
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Any changes to Corda's public API must be documented as follows:
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1. Add comments and javadocs/kdocs. API functions must have javadoc/kdoc comments and sentences must be terminated
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with a full stop. We also start comments with capital letters, even for inline comments. Where Java APIs have
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synonyms (e.g. ``%d`` and ``%date``), we prefer the longer form for legibility reasons. You can configure your IDE
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to highlight these in bright yellow
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2. Update the relevant `.rst file(s) <https://github.com/corda/corda/tree/master/docs/source>`_
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3. Include the change in the :doc:`changelog </changelog>` if the change is external and therefore visible to CorDapp
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developers and/or node operators
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4. :doc:`Build the docs locally </building-the-docs>`
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5. Check the built .html files (under ``docs/build/html``) for the modified pages to ensure they render correctly
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6. If relevant, add a sample. Samples are one of the key ways in which users learn about what the platform can do.
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If you add a new API or feature and don't update the samples, your work will be much less impactful
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Merging the changes back into Corda
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-----------------------------------
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1. Create a pull request from your fork to the ``master`` branch of the Corda repo
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2. In the PR comments box:
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* Complete the pull-request checklist:
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* [ ] Have you run the unit, integration and smoke tests as described here? https://docs.corda.net/head/testing.html
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* [ ] If you added/changed public APIs, did you write/update the JavaDocs?
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* [ ] If the changes are of interest to application developers, have you added them to the changelog, and potentially
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release notes?
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* [ ] If you are contributing for the first time, please read the agreement in CONTRIBUTING.md now and add to this
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Pull Request that you agree to it.
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* Add a clear description of the purpose of the PR
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* Add the following statement to confirm that your contribution is your own original work: "I hereby certify that my contribution is in accordance with the Developer Certificate of Origin (https://github.com/corda/corda/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-certificate-of-origin)."
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4. Request a review from a member of the Corda platform team via the `#design channel <http://slack.corda.net/>`_
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5. The reviewer will either:
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* Accept and merge your PR
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* Request that you make further changes. Do this by committing and pushing the changes onto the branch you are PRing
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into Corda. The PR will be updated automatically
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