Contributing

Thanks for contributing to this repository!

If you are coming from repo1.dso.mil and have an account at login.dso.mil please keep reading. If you are coming from or looking for the project on Github and wanting to make a Pull Request without a dso.mil account please see the last bullet External Github Contributions.

This repository uses the following conventions:

• Semantic Versioning
• Keep a Changelog
• Conventional Commits
• Policy Naming Guide
• Scripted framework for testing. See the Testing Documentation for details.
• External Github Contributions

Development requires the following tools

• kubectl
• helm
• fluxcd

To contribute a change:

1. Open an issue in GitLab describing the scope of your work
2. Assign yourself to the issue
3. Label the issue with status::doing
4. Create a branch in the repository using your issue number as a prefix
5. Make changes in code and push to your branch
6. Write test cases by following the testing documentation.
7. Make commits using the Conventional Commits format
8. Update CHANGELOG.md using the Keep a Changelog format
9. Open a merge request into the main branch
10. Add a reference to the issue in the merge request description
11. Resolve any failures from the pipeline
12. Resolve any merge conflicts
13. Label the Merge Request with status::review
14. Contact the code owners to expedite your Merge Request review
15. Address any review comments and merge conflicts during the review process
16. Wait for a code owner to approve and merge your changes
17. Request a repository maintainer to create a release and tag

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Last update: 2023-11-06 by Blane Staskiewicz