# How to Contribute When submitting a pull request (PR), please use the following guidelines: - Make sure your code respects existing formatting conventions. In general, follow the same coding style as the code that you are modifying. - For Intellij you can import our code style settings xml: [`druid_intellij_formatting.xml`]( https://github.com/apache/druid/raw/master/dev/druid_intellij_formatting.xml). - For Eclipse you can import our code style settings xml: [`eclipse_formatting.xml`]( https://github.com/apache/druid/raw/master/dev/eclipse_formatting.xml). - Do add/update documentation appropriately for the change you are making. - If you are introducing a new feature you may want to first write about your idea for feedback to [dev@druid.apache.org](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@druid.apache.org). Or create an issue using "Feature/Change" template. Non-trivial features should include unit tests covering the new functionality. Open a "Proposal" issue for large changes. - Bugfixes should include a unit test or integration test reproducing the issue. - Do not use author tags/information in the code. - Try to keep pull requests short and submit separate ones for unrelated features, but feel free to combine simple bugfixes/tests into one pull request. - If you are adding or updating a dependency, be sure to update the version, license, or notice information in [licenses.yaml](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/licenses.yaml) as appropriate to help ease LICENSE and NOTICE management for ASF releases. You can find more developers' resources in [`dev/`](dev) directory. ## GitHub Workflow 1. Fork the apache/druid repository into your GitHub account https://github.com/apache/druid/fork 1. Clone your fork of the GitHub repository ```sh git clone git@github.com:/druid.git ``` replace `` with your GitHub username. 1. Add a remote to keep up with upstream changes ``` git remote add upstream https://github.com/apache/druid.git ``` If you already have a copy, fetch upstream changes ``` git fetch upstream master ``` 1. Create a feature branch to work in ``` git checkout -b feature-xxx remotes/upstream/master ``` 1. _Before submitting a pull request_ periodically rebase your changes (but don't do it when a pull request is already submitted) ``` git pull --rebase upstream master ``` 1. Before submitting a pull request, combine ("squash") related commits into a single one ``` git rebase -i upstream/master ``` This will open your editor and allow you to re-order commits and merge them: - Re-order the lines to change commit order (to the extent possible without creating conflicts) - Prefix commits using `s` (squash) or `f` (fixup) to merge extraneous commits. 1. Submit a pull-request ``` git push origin feature-xxx ``` Go to your Druid fork main page ``` https://github.com//druid ``` If you recently pushed your changes GitHub will automatically pop up a `Compare & pull request` button for any branches you recently pushed to. If you click that button it will automatically offer you to submit your pull-request to the apache/druid repository. - Give your pull-request a meaningful title. - In the description, explain your changes and the problem they are solving. 1. Addressing code review comments Address code review comments by committing changes and pushing them to your feature branch. ``` git push origin feature-xxx ``` ### If your pull request shows conflicts with master If your pull request shows conflicts with master, merge master into your feature branch: ``` git merge upstream/master ``` and resolve the conflicts. After resolving conflicts, push your branch again: ``` git push origin feature-xxx ``` _Avoid rebasing and force pushes after submitting a pull request,_ since these make it difficult for reviewers to see what you've changed in response to their reviews. The Druid committer that merges your change will rebase and squash it into a single commit before committing it to master. ## FAQ ### Help! I merged changes from upstream and cannot figure out how to resolve conflicts when rebasing! Never fear! If you occasionally merged upstream/master, here is another way to squash your changes into a single commit: 1. First, rename your existing branch to something else, e.g. `feature-xxx-unclean` ``` git branch -m feature-xxx-unclean ``` 1. Checkout a new branch with the original name `feature-xxx` from upstream. This branch will supercede our old one. ``` git checkout -b feature-xxx upstream/master ``` 1. Then merge your changes in your original feature branch `feature-xxx-unclean` and create a single commit. ``` git merge --squash feature-xxx-unclean git commit ``` 1. You can now submit this new branch and create or replace your existing pull request. ``` git push origin [--force] feature-xxx:feature-xxx ```