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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 9ca01a56f..299306299 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ There are three ways in which you can contribute to this repository: 2. By working on the back-end application 3. By working on the front-end application -Choosing what to work on in a large open source project is not easy. The list of GitHub issues may provide some ideas, but not every feature request has been greenlit. Likewise, not every change or feature that resolves a personal itch will be merged into the main repository. Some communication ahead of time may be wise. If your addition creates a new feature or setting, or otherwise changes how things work in some substantial way, please remember to submit a correlating pull request to document your changes in the [documentation](http://github.com/tootsuite/documentation). +Choosing what to work on in a large open source project is not easy. The list of [GitHub issues](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues) may provide some ideas, but not every feature request has been greenlit. Likewise, not every change or feature that resolves a personal itch will be merged into the main repository. Some communication ahead of time may be wise. If your addition creates a new feature or setting, or otherwise changes how things work in some substantial way, please remember to submit a correlating pull request to document your changes in the [documentation](http://github.com/tootsuite/documentation). Below are the guidelines for working on pull requests: @@ -21,9 +21,17 @@ Below are the guidelines for working on pull requests: - No orthographic mistakes - No Markdown syntax errors +## Requirements + +- Ruby +- Node.js +- PostgreSQL +- Redis +- Nginx (optional) + ## Back-end application -It is expected that you have a working development environment set up. The development environment includes rubocop, which checks your Ruby code for compliance with our style guide and best practices. Sublime Text, likely like other editors, has a Rubocop plugin that runs checks on files as you edit them. The codebase also has a test suite. +It is expected that you have a working development environment set up. The development environment includes [rubocop](https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop), which checks your Ruby code for compliance with our style guide and best practices. Sublime Text, likely like other editors, has a [Rubocop plugin](https://github.com/pderichs/sublime_rubocop) that runs checks on files as you edit them. The codebase also has a test suite. * The codebase is not perfect, at the time of writing, but it is expected that you do not introduce new code style violations * The rspec test suite must pass @@ -41,4 +49,3 @@ It is expected that you have a working development environment set up (see back- * If you are introducing new strings, they must be using localization methods If the JavaScript or CSS assets won't compile due to a syntax error, it's a good sign that the pull request isn't ready for submission yet. - |