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about_Carbon_Contributing SHORT DESCRIPTION This topic describes how to contribute to the Carbon project. LONG DESCRIPTION We welcome your feedback and contributions! We use Mercurial for source control. To get the Carbon source code onto your computer, run: PS> hg clone https://bitbucket.org/splatteredbits/carbon We belive in Test-Driven Development (TDD)! If you don't, you won't be happy contributing. Anything you want to submit back to the project must have good tests. If not, it will take longer to accept your contribution, because we'll have to take time to write tests. TDD enables us to release new versions of Carbon as soon changes are committed, pushed, and the tests pass. If the code is ready and works, we want to release it. No waiting! Blade is our testing framework. It uses NUnit-inspired assertions, e.g. Assert-True, Assert-Equal, etc. See http://bitbucket.org/splatteredbits/blade for more information. To run Carbon's tests (the full suite takes about 45 minutes), run this command in the root of your Carbon working directory: PS> .\Invoke-CarbonTest.ps1 -Path .\Test Tests should always clean-up after themselves and strive to leave an operating system in the exact state it was in before the test fixture ran. Unfortunately, we only have the resources to run our tests on a 64-bit Windows 2012 R2 and 7 computer. Any donations to the project would be used to purchase licenses and hosting for running our tests on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows 2012 R2. Carbon uses semantic versioning (see http://semver.org/). Carbon version numbers take the form X.Y.Z: X is the major version, Y is the minor version, and Z is the patch version. The patch version is incremented when backwards-compatible bug fixes are made. You should feel comfortable rolling out a new patch version quickly, with limited testing. The minor version is incremented when new, backwards-compatible changes are introduced, or existing functions are deprecated. You'll probably want to review the release notes and test those bits that changed since the last release. The major version is incremented when backwards-incompatible changes are made. In this case, you'll need to do thorough testing, and upgrade your scripts to use new functionality. STYLE GUIDE We use spaces for indenting. Each level of indent (i.e. "tab") should be four spaces. This is default in the PowerShell ISE. Use camel-casing for all function names, including abbreviations three letters or longer, e.g. Install-Msmq, Install-IisWebsite. Capitalize all letters in one or two letter abbreviations, e.g. Test-OSIs32Bit. All function parameter and module variables names must be capitalized, e.g. `$Path`, `$Name`, etc. All variable names should be lowercase, e.g. `$result`, `$csprojXml`. Variables that contain a path should end in `Path`, e.g. $csprojPath, $websitePath. *Always* use an [approved PowerShell verb](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms714428.aspx). If possible, use an [approved PowerShell parameter name](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd878352(v=vs.85).aspx). Use a prefix for all functions that manage a common area of Windows, e.g. Iis for all IIS-related functions, Msmq for MSMQ-related functions, etc. All functions must have synopsis, description, and example documentation. SEE ALSO https://bitbucket.org/splatteredbits/carbon https://bitbucket.org/splatteredbits/blade http://mercurial.selenic.com |