# Contributing to `c8`

The `c8` project welcomes all contributions from anyone willing to work in good faith with other contributors and the community. No contribution is too small and all contributions are valued.

## Issues

- You can open [issues here](https://github.com/bcoe/c8/issues), please follow the template guide.
- You can join the `node-tooling/c8` channel, [follow this link](https://devtoolscommunity.herokuapp.com/) to request for an invite.

## Pull Requests

Pull Requests are the way concrete changes are made to the code, documentation, dependencies, and tools contained in the `c8` repository.

### Setting up your local environment

1. Make sure you have installed the latest version of Node.js
1. Fork this project on GitHub and clone your fork locally:

    ```sh
    git clone git@github.com:username/c8.git
    cd c8
    git remote add upstream https://github.com/bcoe/c8.git
    git fetch upstream
    ```

1. Create local branches to work within. These should also be created directly off of the main branch:

    ```sh
    git checkout -b my-branch -t upstream/main
    ```

1. Make your changes
1. Run tests to make sure all is okay (everything should pass except snapshot):

    ```sh
    npm test
    ```

1. Now update the snapshot

    ```sh
    npm run test:snap
    ```

1. If all is passing, commit your changes.
1. As a best practice, once you have committed your changes, it is a good idea to use git rebase (not git merge) to synchronize your work with the main repository:

    ```sh
    git fetch upstream
    git rebase upstream/main
    ```

1. Run tests again to make sure all is okay
1. Push:

    ```sh
    npm test
    ```

1. Open the pull request, see details in the template.
1. Make any necessary changes after review.

## Note

This guide is adapted from the [Node.js project](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md#dependencies), check it out for more details.