Contributing

Contributing to Commitizen

First, thank you for taking the time to contribute! 🎉 Your contributions help make Commitizen better for everyone.

When contributing to Commitizen, we encourage you to:

1. First, check out the issues and Features we won't add to see if there's already a discussion about the change you wish to make.
2. If there's no discussion, create an issue to discuss your proposed changes.
3. Follow our development workflow and guidelines below.

If you're a first-time contributor, please check out issues labeled good first issue - these are specifically chosen to be beginner-friendly.

Prerequisites & Setup

Required Tools

1. Python Environment
   • Python >=3.9
   • Poetry >=2.0.0
2. Version Control & Security
   • Git
   • Commitizen
   • GPG for commit signing
     • Installation page
     • For Mac users: brew install gnupg
     • For Windows users: Download from Gpg4win
     • For Linux users: Use your distribution's package manager (e.g., apt install gnupg for Ubuntu)

Getting Started

1. Fork Commitizen
2. Clone your fork:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/commitizen.git
   cd commitizen
   

3. Add the upstream repository:

   git remote add upstream https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen.git
   

4. Set up the development environment:

   poetry install
   

5. Set up pre-commit hooks:

   poetry setup-pre-commit
   

Development Workflow

1. Create a New Branch

   git switch -c feature/your-feature-name
   # or
   git switch -c fix/your-bug-fix
   

2. Make Your Changes
   • Write your code
   • Add tests for new functionalities or fixes
   • Update documentation if needed
   • Follow the existing code style
3. Testing
   • Run the full test suite: poetry all
   • Ensure test coverage doesn't drop (we use CodeCov)
   • For documentation changes, run poetry doc to check for warnings/errors
4. Committing Changes
   • Use Commitizen to make commits (we follow conventional commits)
   • Example: cz commit
5. Documentation
   • Update docs/README.md if needed
   • For CLI help screenshots: poetry doc:screenshots
   • DO NOT update CHANGELOG.md (automatically generated)
   • DO NOT update version numbers (automatically handled)
6. Pull Request
   • Push your changes: git push origin your-branch-name
   • Create a pull request on GitHub
   • Ensure CI checks pass
   • Wait for review and address any feedback

Use of GitHub Labels

• good-first-issue (issue only)
• help-wanted
• issue-status: needs-triage (issue only) (default label for issues)
• issue-status: wont-fix
• issue-status: wont-implement
• issue-status: duplicate
• issue-status: invalid
• issue-status: wait-for-response
• issue-status: wait-for-implementation
• issue-status: pr-created
• pr-status: wait-for-review (default label for PRs)
• pr-status: reviewing
• pr-status: wait-for-modification
• pr-status: wait-for-response
• pr-status: ready-to-merge
• needs: test-case (PR only)
• needs: documentation (PR only)
• type: feature
• type: bug
• type: documentation
• type: refactor
• type: question (issue only)
• os: Windows
• os: Linux
• os: macOS

Issue life cycle

graph TD
    input[/issue created/] -->
    needs-triage
    needs-triage --triage--> close(wont-implement, wont-fix, duplicate, invalid)

    needs-triage --triage--> wait-for-implementation
    needs-triage --triage--> wait-for-response

    wait-for-response --response--> needs-triage

    wait-for-implementation --PR-created--> pr-created --PR-merged--> output[/close/]

    close --> output[/close/]

Pull request life cycle

flowchart TD
    input[/pull request created/] -->
    wait-for-review
    --start reviewing -->
    reviewing
    --finish review -->
    reviewed{approved}

    reviewed --Y-->
    wait-for-merge -->
    output[/merge/]

    reviewed --n-->
    require-more-information{require more information}

    require-more-information --y-->
    wait-for-response
    --response-->
    require-more-information

    require-more-information --n-->
    wait-for-modification
    --modification-received-->
    review