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Contributing

In the spirit of free software, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project. Here are some ways you can contribute:

  • Use alpha, beta, and pre-release versions.
  • Report bugs.
  • Suggest new features.
  • Write or edit documentation.
  • Write specifications.
  • Write code (no patch is too small: fix typos, add comments, clean up inconsistent whitespace).
  • Refactor code.
  • Fix issues.
  • Review patches.

Submitting an Issue

We use the GitHub issue tracker to track bugs and features. Before submitting a bug report or feature request, check to make sure it hasn't already been submitted.

When submitting a bug report, please include a Gist that includes a stack trace and any details that may be necessary to reproduce the bug, including your npm version, Node version, and operating system.

Ideally, a bug report should include a pull request with failing specs.

Submitting a Pull Request

  1. Fork the repository.
  2. Create a topic branch.
  3. Add tests for your unimplemented feature or bug fix.
  4. Run npm test. If your tests pass, return to step 3.
  5. Implement your feature or bug fix.
  6. Run npm run check. If your specs or any of the rules fail, return to step 5.
  7. Open coverage/index.html. If your changes are not completely covered by your tests, return to step 3.
  8. Add documentation for your feature or bug fix.
  9. Run npm run inch. If your changes are below a B in documentation, go back to step 8.
  10. Commit and push your changes.
  11. Submit a pull request.

Tools to Help You Succeed

After checking out the repository, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run npm test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

When writing code, you can use Mocha’s watcher mode to automatically run tests whenever you modify and save a file. This helps to eliminate the tedium of running tests manually and reduces the chance that you will accidentally forget to run the tests. To use this mode, run npm run tdd.

Before committing code, run npm run check to check that the code conforms to the style guidelines of the project, that all of the tests are green (if you're writing a feature; if you're only submitting a failing test, then it does not have to pass!), and that the changes are sufficiently documented.