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# Contributing to Packer
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**First:** if you're unsure or afraid of _anything_, just ask
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or submit the issue or pull request anyways. You won't be yelled at for
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giving your best effort. The worst that can happen is that you'll be
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politely asked to change something. We appreciate any sort of contributions,
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and don't want a wall of rules to get in the way of that.
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However, for those individuals who want a bit more guidance on the
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best way to contribute to the project, read on. This document will cover
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what we're looking for. By addressing all the points we're looking for,
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it raises the chances we can quickly merge or address your contributions.
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## Issues
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### Reporting an Issue
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* Make sure you test against the latest released version. It is possible
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we already fixed the bug you're experiencing.
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* Run the command with debug ouput with the environment variable
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`PACKER_LOG`. For example: `PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json`. Take
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the *entire* output and create a [gist](https://gist.github.com) for linking
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to in your issue. Packer should strip sensitive keys from the output,
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but take a look through just in case.
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* Provide a reproducible test case. If a contributor can't reproduce an
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issue, then it dramatically lowers the chances it'll get fixed. And in
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some cases, the issue will eventually be closed.
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* Respond promptly to any questions made by the Packer team to your issue.
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Stale issues will be closed.
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### Issue Lifecycle
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1. The issue is reported.
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2. The issue is verified and categorized by a Packer collaborator.
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Categorization is done via tags. For example, bugs are marked as "bugs"
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and easy fixes are marked as "easy".
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3. Unless it is critical, the issue is left for a period of time (sometimes
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many weeks), giving outside contributors a chance to address the issue.
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4. The issue is addressed in a pull request or commit. The issue will be
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referenced in the commit message so that the code that fixes it is clearly
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linked.
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5. The issue is closed.
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## Setting up Go to work on Packer
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If you have never worked with Go before, you will have to complete the
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following steps in order to be able to compile and test Packer.
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1. [Download](https://golang.org/dl) and install Go. Go 1.6 or higher is
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preferred. Packer _may_ work with versions of Go older than 1.5 but these
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are not supported.
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2. Set and export the `GOPATH` environment variable and update your `PATH`. For
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example, you can add to your `.bash_profile`. If you're using Go 1.5 also
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set `GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT`. This is not necessary for Go 1.6 and up.
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```
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export GOPATH=$HOME/Documents/golang
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export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
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export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
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```
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3. Download the Packer source (and its dependencies) by running `go get
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github.com/mitchellh/packer`. This will download the Packer source to
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`$GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer`.
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4. When working on packer `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer` so you
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can run make and easily access other files.
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5. Make your changes to the Packer source. You can run `make` in
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`$GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer` to run tests and build the packer
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binary. Any compilation errors will be shown when the binaries are
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rebuilding.
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6. After running `make` successfully, use
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`$GOPATH/src/github.com/mitchellh/packer/bin/packer` to build a machine and
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verify your changes work.
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7. If everything works well and the tests pass, run `go fmt` on your code
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before submitting a pull-request.
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### Tips for Working on Packer
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#### Godeps
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If you are submitting a change that requires a change in dependencies, DO NOT update the `vendor/` folder. This keeps the PR smaller and easier to review. Instead, please indicate which upstream has changed and which version we should be using. You _may_ do this using `Godeps/Godeps.json` but this is not required.
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#### Running Unit Tests
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You can run tests for individual packages using commands like this:
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$ make test TEST=./builder/amazon/...
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#### Running Acceptance Tests
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Packer has [acceptance tests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_testing)
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for various builders. These typically require an API key (AWS, GCE), or
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additional software to be installed on your computer (VirtualBox, VMware).
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If you're working on a feature of a builder or a new builder and want verify it
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is functioning (and also hasn't broken anything else), we recommend running the
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acceptance tests.
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**Warning:** The acceptance tests create/destroy/modify *real resources*, which
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may incur real costs in some cases. In the presence of a bug, it is technically
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possible that broken backends could leave dangling data behind. Therefore,
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please run the acceptance tests at your own risk. At the very least, we
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recommend running them in their own private account for whatever builder you're
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testing.
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To run the acceptance tests, invoke `make testacc`:
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$ make testacc TEST=./builder/amazon/ebs
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...
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The `TEST` variable lets you narrow the scope of the acceptance tests to a
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specific package / folder. The `TESTARGS` variable is recommended to filter
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down to a specific resource to test, since testing all of them at once can
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sometimes take a very long time.
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Acceptance tests typically require other environment variables to be set for
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things such as access keys. The test itself should error early and tell you
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what to set, so it is not documented here. |