CONTRIBUTING.md

Contribution guide

We're glad you're interested in contributing Misskey! In this document you will find the information you need to contribute to the project.

Note This project uses Japanese as its major language, but you do not need to translate and write the Issues/PRs in Japanese. Also, you might receive comments on your Issue/PR in Japanese, but you do not need to reply to them in Japanese as well.
The accuracy of machine translation into Japanese is not high, so it will be easier for us to understand if you write it in the original language. It will also allow the reader to use the translation tool of their preference if necessary.

Roadmap

See ROADMAP.md

Issues

Before creating an issue, please check the following:

• To avoid duplication, please search for similar issues before creating a new issue.
• Do not use Issues to ask questions or troubleshooting.
  • Issues should only be used to feature requests, suggestions, and bug tracking.
  • Please ask questions or troubleshooting in the Misskey Forum or Discord.

Warning Do not close issues that are about to be resolved. It should remain open until a commit that actually resolves it is merged.

Before implementation

When you want to add a feature or fix a bug, first have the design and policy reviewed in an Issue (if it is not there, please make one). Without this step, there is a high possibility that the PR will not be merged even if it is implemented.

At this point, you also need to clarify the goals of the PR you will create, and make sure that the other members of the team are aware of them. PRs that do not have a clear set of do's and don'ts tend to be bloated and difficult to review.

Also, when you start implementation, assign yourself to the Issue (if you cannot do it yourself, ask another member to assign you). By expressing your intention to work the Issue, you can prevent conflicts in the work.

Well-known branches

• master branch is tracking the latest release and used for production purposes.
• develop branch is where we work for the next release.
  • When you create a PR, basically target it to this branch.
• l10n_develop branch is reserved for localization management.

Creating a PR

Thank you for your PR! Before creating a PR, please check the following:

• If possible, prefix the title with a keyword that identifies the type of this PR, as shown below.
  • fix / refactor / feat / enhance / perf / chore etc
  • Also, make sure that the granularity of this PR is appropriate. Please do not include more than one type of change or interest in a single PR.
• If there is an Issue which will be resolved by this PR, please include a reference to the Issue in the text.
• Please add the summary of the changes to CHANGELOG.md. However, this is not necessary for changes that do not affect the users, such as refactoring.
• Check if there are any documents that need to be created or updated due to this change.
• If you have added a feature or fixed a bug, please add a test case if possible.
• Please make sure that tests and Lint are passed in advance.
  • You can run it with yarn test and yarn lint. See more info
• If this PR includes UI changes, please attach a screenshot in the text.

Thanks for your cooperation 🤗

Reviewers guide

Be willing to comment on the good points and not just the things you want fixed 💯

Review perspective

• Scope
  • Are the goals of the PR clear?
  • Is the granularity of the PR appropriate?
• Security
  • Does merging this PR create a vulnerability?
• Performance
  • Will merging this PR cause unexpected performance degradation?
  • Is there a more efficient way?
• Testing
  • Does the test ensure the expected behavior?
  • Are there any omissions or gaps?
  • Does it check for anomalies?

Deploy

The /deploy command by issue comment can be used to deploy the contents of a PR to the preview environment.

/deploy sha=<commit hash>

An actual domain will be assigned so you can test the federation.

Merge

Release

Release Instructions

1. Commit version changes in the develop branch (package.json)
2. Create a release PR.
   • Into master from develop branch.
   • The title must be in the format Release: x.y.z.
     • x.y.z is the new version you are trying to release.
3. Deploy and perform a simple QA check. Also verify that the tests passed.
4. Merge it.
5. Create a release of GitHub
   • The target branch must be master
   • The tag name must be the version

Localization (l10n)

Misskey uses Crowdin for localization management. You can improve our translations with your Crowdin account. Your changes in Crowdin are automatically submitted as a PR (with the title "New Crowdin translations") to the repository. The owner @syuilo merges the PR into the develop branch before the next release.

If your language is not listed in Crowdin, please open an issue.

Development

During development, it is useful to use the

yarn dev

command.

• Server-side source files and automatically builds them if they are modified. Automatically start the server process(es).
• Vite HMR (just the vite command) is available. The behavior may be different from production.
• Service Worker is watched by esbuild.

Testing

• Test codes are located in /test.

Run test

Create a config file.

cp .github/misskey/test.yml .config/

Prepare DB/Redis for testing.

docker-compose -f packages/backend/test/docker-compose.yml up

Alternatively, prepare an empty (data can be erased) DB and edit .config/test.yml.

Run all test.

yarn test