This document describes how to contribute to secret-storage. We encourage everyone with knowledge and passion in IOTA technology to do so.
Thanks! ❤️
Do you have a question ❓
If you have a general or technical question, you can use one of the following resources instead of submitting an issue:
- Developer documentation: For official information about developing with IOTA technology
- Discord: For real-time chats with the developers and community members
- IOTA Governance: For technical, research or governance discussions with the Research and Development Department at the IOTA Foundation
- StackExchange: For technical and troubleshooting questions
Ways to contribute 🔍
To contribute to wallet on GitHub, you can:
- Report a bug
- Suggest a new feature
- Build a new feature
Report a bug 🐛
This section guides you through reporting a bug. Following these guidelines helps maintainers and the community understand the bug, reproduce the behavior, and find related bugs.
Please check the following list:
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Do not open a GitHub issue for security vulnerabilities, instead, please contact us at [email protected].
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Ensure the bug was not already reported by searching on GitHub under Issues. If the bug has already been reported and the issue is still open, add a comment to the existing issue instead of opening a new one.
Note: If you find a Closed issue that seems similar to what you're experiencing, open a new issue and include a link to the original issue in the body of your new one.
To report a bug, open a new issue, and be sure to include as many details as possible, using the template.
Note: Minor changes such as fixing a typo can but do not need an open issue.
If you also want to fix the bug, submit a pull request and reference the issue.
Suggest a new feature 💡
This section guides you through suggesting a new feature. Following these guidelines helps maintainers and the community collaborate to find the best possible way forward with your suggestion.
Ensure the feature has not already been suggested by searching on GitHub under Issues.
To suggest a new feature, open a Feature Request.
Build a new feature 🔨
This section guides you through building a new feature. Following these guidelines helps give your feature the best chance of being approved and merged.
Make sure to discuss the feature in Discussions
Otherwise, your feature may not be approved at all.
To build a new feature, check out a new branch based on the develop
branch, and be sure to document any public-facing APIs, using code comments.
Pull requests 📣
This section guides you through submitting a pull request (PR). Following these guidelines helps give your PR the best chance of being approved and merged.
Before submitting a pull request, please follow these steps to have your contribution considered by the maintainers:
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A pull request should have exactly one concern (for example one feature or one bug). If a PR addresses more than one concern, it should be split into two or more PRs.
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A pull request can be merged only if it references an open issue
Note: You don't need to open an issue for minor changes such as typos, but you can if you want.
The following is a typical workflow for submitting a new pull request:
- Fork this repository
- Create a new branch based on your fork. For example,
git checkout -b fix/my-fix
orgit checkout -b feat/my-feature
. - Commit changes and push them to your fork
- Target your pull request to be merged with
develop
If all status checks pass, and the maintainer approves the PR, it will be merged.
Note: Reviewers may ask you to complete additional work, tests, or other changes before your pull request can be approved and merged.