Thomas Pelletier
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* Port toml-test to pure Go This change basically ports the toml-test examples test suite to pure Go. This removes the snowflake test.sh required to run such tests, and allows us to the example tests on any platform (which includes Windows as part of the pull-request testing). * Allow CircleCI failure for go tip
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## Contributing
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Thank you for your interest in go-toml! We appreciate you considering
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contributing to go-toml!
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The main goal is the project is to provide an easy-to-use TOML
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implementation for Go that gets the job done and gets out of your way –
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dealing with TOML is probably not the central piece of your project.
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As the single maintainer of go-toml, time is scarce. All help, big or
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small, is more than welcomed!
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### Ask questions
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Any question you may have, somebody else might have it too. Always feel
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free to ask them on the [issues tracker][issues-tracker]. We will try to
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answer them as clearly and quickly as possible, time permitting.
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Asking questions also helps us identify areas where the documentation needs
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improvement, or new features that weren't envisioned before. Sometimes, a
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seemingly innocent question leads to the fix of a bug. Don't hesitate and
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ask away!
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### Improve the documentation
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The best way to share your knowledge and experience with go-toml is to
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improve the documentation. Fix a typo, clarify an interface, add an
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example, anything goes!
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The documentation is present in the [README][readme] and thorough the
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source code. On release, it gets updated on [GoDoc][godoc]. To make a
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change to the documentation, create a pull request with your proposed
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changes. For simple changes like that, the easiest way to go is probably
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the "Fork this project and edit the file" button on Github, displayed at
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the top right of the file. Unless it's a trivial change (for example a
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typo), provide a little bit of context in your pull request description or
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commit message.
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### Report a bug
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Found a bug! Sorry to hear that :(. Help us and other track them down and
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fix by reporting it. [File a new bug report][bug-report] on the [issues
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tracker][issues-tracker]. The template should provide enough guidance on
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what to include. When in doubt: add more details! By reducing ambiguity and
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providing more information, it decreases back and forth and saves everyone
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time.
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### Code changes
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Want to contribute a patch? Very happy to hear that!
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First, some high-level rules:
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* A short proposal with some POC code is better than a lengthy piece of
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text with no code. Code speaks louder than words.
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* No backward-incompatible patch will be accepted unless discussed.
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Sometimes it's hard, and Go's lack of versioning by default does not
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help, but we try not to break people's programs unless we absolutely have
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to.
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* If you are writing a new feature or extending an existing one, make sure
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to write some documentation.
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* Bug fixes need to be accompanied with regression tests.
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* New code needs to be tested.
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* Your commit messages need to explain why the change is needed, even if
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already included in the PR description.
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It does sound like a lot, but those best practices are here to save time
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overall and continuously improve the quality of the project, which is
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something everyone benefits from.
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#### Get started
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The fairly standard code contribution process looks like that:
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1. [Fork the project][fork].
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2. Make your changes, commit on any branch you like.
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3. [Open up a pull request][pull-request]
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4. Review, potential ask for changes.
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5. Merge. You're in!
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Feel free to ask for help! You can create draft pull requests to gather
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some early feedback!
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#### Run the tests
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You can run tests for go-toml using Go's test tool: `go test ./...`.
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When creating a pull requests, all tests will be ran on Linux on a few Go
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versions (Travis CI), and on Windows using the latest Go version
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(AppVeyor).
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#### Style
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Try to look around and follow the same format and structure as the rest of
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the code. We enforce using `go fmt` on the whole code base.
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---
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### Maintainers-only
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#### Merge pull request
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Checklist:
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* Passing CI.
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* Does not introduce backward-incompatible changes (unless discussed).
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* Has relevant doc changes.
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* Has relevant unit tests.
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1. Merge using "squash and merge".
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2. Make sure to edit the commit message to keep all the useful information
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nice and clean.
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3. Make sure the commit title is clear and contains the PR number (#123).
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#### New release
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1. Go to [releases][releases]. Click on "X commits to master since this
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release".
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2. Make note of all the changes. Look for backward incompatible changes,
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new features, and bug fixes.
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3. Pick the new version using the above and semver.
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4. Create a [new release][new-release].
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5. Follow the same format as [1.1.0][release-110].
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[issues-tracker]: https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/issues
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[bug-report]: https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/issues/new?template=bug_report.md
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[godoc]: https://godoc.org/github.com/pelletier/go-toml
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[readme]: ./README.md
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[fork]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
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[pull-request]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-pull-request
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[releases]: https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/releases
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[new-release]: https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/releases/new
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[release-110]: https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/releases/tag/v1.1.0
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