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4 Contributing to Kallithea
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7 Kallithea is developed and maintained by its users. Please join us and scratch
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14 The main repository is hosted on Our Own Kallithea (aka OOK) at
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23 than English. Join our project on `Hosted Weblate`_ to help us.
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28 Getting started
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29 ---------------
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31 To get started with development::
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97 --pdb start the interactive Python debugger on errors.
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102 Contribution guidelines
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105 Kallithea is GPLv3 and we assume all contributions are made by the
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106 committer/contributor and under GPLv3 unless explicitly stated. We do care a
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107 lot about preservation of copyright and license information for existing code
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108 that is brought into the project.
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114 When contributing via Bitbucket, please make your fork of
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115 https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/ `non-publishing`_ -- it is one of
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116 the settings on "Repository details" page. This ensures your commits are in
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117 "draft" phase and makes it easier for you to address feedback and for project
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118 maintainers to integrate your changes.
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120 .. _non-publishing: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/Phases#Publishing_Repository
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122 Make sure to test your changes both manually and with the automatic tests
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125 We care about quality and review and keeping a clean repository history. We
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126 might give feedback that requests polishing contributions until they are
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127 "perfect". We might also rebase and collapse and make minor adjustments to your
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128 changes when we apply them.
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130 We try to make sure we have consensus on the direction the project is taking.
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131 Everything non-sensitive should be discussed in public -- preferably on the
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132 mailing list. We aim at having all non-trivial changes reviewed by at least
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133 one other core developer before pushing. Obvious non-controversial changes will
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137 that it can be (and is) used in production. Experimental changes should live
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141 Coding guidelines
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142 -----------------
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143
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144 We don't have a formal coding/formatting standard. We are currently using a mix
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146 consistency with existing code. Run ``scripts/run-all-cleanup`` before
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148
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149 We support both Python 2.6.x and 2.7.x and nothing else. For now we don't care
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152 We try to support the most common modern web browsers. IE9 is still supported
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153 to the extent it is feasible, IE8 is not.
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155 We primarily support Linux and OS X on the server side but Windows should also work.
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157 HTML templates should use 2 spaces for indentation ... but be pragmatic. We
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158 should use templates cleverly and avoid duplication. We should use reasonable
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159 semantic markup with element classes and IDs that can be used for styling and testing.
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160 We should only use inline styles in places where it really is semantic (such as
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161 ``display: none``).
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163 JavaScript must use ``;`` between/after statements. Indentation 4 spaces. Inline
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164 multiline functions should be indented two levels -- one for the ``()`` and one for
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165 ``{}``.
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166 Variables holding jQuery objects should be named with a leading ``$``.
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169 bug fixes, put ``(Issue #123)`` at the end of this line.
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171 Use American English grammar and spelling overall. Use `English title case`_ for
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176 Template helpers (that is, everything in ``kallithea.lib.helpers``)
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178 helper from the Python code, consider moving the function somewhere
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181 Notes on the SQLAlchemy session
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182 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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185 as in an independent database transaction). ``Session`` is the session manager
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188 such session instances - only ``Session.remove()`` should be called directly on
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189 the manager.
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191 Database model objects
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193 that SQLAlchemy will ensure that they're kept in sync with the database
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196 Objects can be added to the session using ``Session().add``, but this is
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197 rarely needed:
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199 * When creating a database object by calling the constructor directly,
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200 it must explicitly be added to the session.
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202 * When creating an object using a factory function (like
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203 ``create_repo``), the returned object has already (by convention)
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204 been added to the session, and should not be added again.
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206 * When getting an object from the session (via ``Session().query`` or
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207 any of the utility functions that look up objects in the database),
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208 it's already part of the session, and should not be added again.
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209 SQLAlchemy monitors attribute modifications automatically for all
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210 objects it knows about and syncs them to the database.
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212 SQLAlchemy also flushes changes to the database automatically; manually
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213 calling ``Session().flush`` is usually only necessary when the Python
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214 code needs the database to assign an "auto-increment" primary key ID to
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215 a freshly created model object (before flushing, the ID attribute will
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216 be ``None``).
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218 TurboGears2 DebugBar
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221 It is possible to enable the TurboGears2-provided DebugBar_, a toolbar overlayed
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222 over the Kallithea web interface, allowing you to see:
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224 * timing information of the current request, including profiling information
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225 * request data, including GET data, POST data, cookies, headers and environment
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226 variables
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227 * a list of executed database queries, including timing and result values
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229 DebugBar is only activated when ``debug = true`` is set in the configuration
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230 file. This is important, because the DebugBar toolbar will be visible for all
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231 users, and allow them to see information they should not be allowed to see. Like
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232 is anyway the case for ``debug = true``, do not use this in production!
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234 To enable DebugBar, install ``tgext.debugbar`` and ``kajiki`` (typically via
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235 ``pip``) and restart Kallithea (in debug mode).
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238 "Roadmap"
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239 ---------
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241 We do not have a road map but are waiting for your contributions. Refer to the
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243 areas are very welcome.
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246 Thank you for your contribution!
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247 --------------------------------
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250 .. _Weblate: http://weblate.org/
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251 .. _issue tracking: https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/issues?status=new&status=open
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252 .. _pull requests: https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/pull-requests
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253 .. _bitbucket: http://bitbucket.org/
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254 .. _mailing list: http://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/kallithea-general
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255 .. _kallithea-general: http://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/kallithea-general
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256 .. _Hosted Weblate: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/kallithea/kallithea/
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257 .. _wiki: https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/wiki/Home
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258 .. _DebugBar: https://github.com/TurboGears/tgext.debugbar