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Gareth Ellis
May 19, 2016
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Your first PR: contributing to open-source software
Lightning talk given to NomadPHP EU May 2016.
Gareth Ellis
May 19, 2016
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Your first PR: contribu0ng to open-‐source projects Gareth Ellis
(@garethellis) Developer, Language Services, ICON plc For NomadPHP, May 2016
Who am I? • Developer, Language Services group,
ICON plc • Professional developer since 2013 • Co-‐founder/organizer PHPOxford • Occasional contributor to open-‐ source projects
Why should I contribute?
Give something back It’s the circle of life open-‐source
soZware
Self-‐improvement Exposure yourself to new codebases, techniques and pa]erns.
Fun! “It’s good for the soul” Nils Luxton
(@nilsluxton)
What can I contribute?
Iden0fy a project What do you use regularly that
could benefit from some improvements?
Types of contribu0on Submit an issue on Github
Answer a ques0on on StackOverflow Documenta0on Blog post Code!
Contribu0ng to source code Changes can be big or
small
Contribu0ng to source code The project may have already
iden0fied a gap – can you help?
How do I contribute?
Before you begin! Consider discussing what you want to
change with the project maintainers.
CONTRIBUTING.md Read the contribu0ng guidelines.
The process! 1. Fork 2. Clone 3.
Branch 4. Change 5. Commit 6. Push 7. Submit Pull Request 8. Review
Fork
Clone $ git clone
[email protected]
:garethellis36/cakephp.git $ cd cakephp
$ composer install
Clone (2) $ git remote add upstream
[email protected]
:cakephp/cakephp.git
Branch $ git checkout –b my-‐awesome-‐new-‐feature
Make your changes Follow contribu0on guidelines Write tests
as necessary
Commit and push $ git add src/Folder/AnotherFolder/ChangedFile.php $
git commit –m “Here’s a descrip0on of this awesome new feature” $ git push –u origin my-‐awesome-‐new-‐feature
Submit the Pull Request! Screenshot used with permission of
Rob Allen
Submit the Pull Request! (2) Screenshot used with permission
of Rob Allen
Review Discuss your PR with the project maintainers
Make changes if necessary To add changes to your PR, simply change, commit & push
Further reading: Find projects to contribute to:
h]ps://yourfirstpr.github.io/ h]p://issuehub.io/ h]p://up-‐for-‐grabs.net/ Joind.in: h]ps://joind.in/about h]ps://akrabat.com/the-‐beginners-‐guide-‐to-‐contribu0ng-‐to-‐a-‐github-‐project/ (Rob Allen) h]p://www.lornajane.net/posts/2015/code-‐reviews-‐before-‐you-‐even-‐run-‐the-‐code (Lorna Mitchell)
Thanks for listening. h]ps://joind.in/talk/c5551
[email protected]
@garethellis h]ps://blog.garr.co.uk