# Contributing to WeakAuras

## Code Standards

There are a few things which we require in any contribution:

- This repository comes with a `.editorconfig` file, so the following requirements will be taken care of if you have [EditorConfig](https://editorconfig.org/) installed:
  - Tabs consist of 2 spaces.
  - Files end with a newline.
  - No trailing whitespace at the end of a line.
- All user-facing strings (`names` and `desc` fields in AceConfig tables, mostly) must be localized:
  - We use a locale scraper to find translation phrases and automatically export them to CurseForge for translation. This scraper parses the addon files, looking for tokens that look like: `L["some translation phrase"]`. You must use double quoted strings, and name the localization table (found at `WeakAuras.L`) `L` in your code for this to work properly.
- When writing a new file, avoid using semicolons. When modifying code in an existing file, try to be consistent, but err on the side of no semicolons.
- New features should be indicated by concatenating `WeakAuras.newFeatureString` onto the associated translation phrase. We will remove the new feature indicator approximately 3 months after the first release.

## Pull Requests

If you want to help, here's what you need to do:

1. Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free).
1. [Fork](https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2/fork) our repository.

1. Create a new topic branch (based on the `main` branch) to contain your feature, change, or fix.

    ```bash
    git checkout -b my-topic-branch
    ```

1. Set `core.autocrlf` to true.

    ```bash
    git config core.autocrlf true
    ```

1. Set `pull.rebase`to true.

    ```bash
    git config pull.rebase true
    ```

1. Set up your [Git identity](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup) so your commits are attributed to your name and email address properly.

1. Take a look at our [Wiki](https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2/wiki/Lua-Dev-Environment) page on how to setup a Lua dev environment.

1. Install an [EditorConfig](https://editorconfig.org/) plugin for your text editor to automatically follow our indenting rules.

1. Commit and push your changes to your new branch.

    ```bash
    git commit -a -m "commit-description"
    git push
    ```

1. [Open a Pull Request](https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2/pulls) with a clear title and description.

### Keeping your fork updated

- Specify a new remote upstream repository that will be used to sync your fork (you only need to do this once).

  ```bash
  git remote add upstream https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2.git
  ```

- In order to sync your fork with the upstream WeakAuras repository you would do

  ```bash
  git fetch upstream
  git checkout main
  git rebase upstream/main
  ```

- You are now all synced up.

### Keeping your pull request updated

- In order to sync your pull request with the upstream WeakAuras repository in case there are any conflicts you would do

  ```bash
  git fetch upstream
  git checkout my-topic-branch
  git rebase upstream/main
  ```

- In case there are any conflicts, you will now have to [fix them manually](https://help.github.com/articles/resolving-merge-conflicts-after-a-git-rebase/).
- After you're done with that, you are ready to force-push your changes.

  ```bash
  git push --force
  ```

- Note: Force-pushing is a destructive operation, so make sure you don't lose something in the progress.
- If you want to know more about force-pushing and why we do it, there are a two good posts about it: one by [Atlassian](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/merging-vs-rebasing#the-golden-rule-of-rebasing) and one on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/6jzogp/why_am_i_force_pushing_after_a_rebase/).
- Your pull request should now have no conflicts and be ready for review and merging.

## Reporting Issues and Requesting Features

1. Please check our [issue tracker](https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2/issues) for your problem since there's a good
   chance that someone has already reported it.
1. If you find a match, please try to provide as much info as you can,
   so that we have a better picture about what the real problem is and how to fix it ASAP.
1. If you didn't find any tickets with a problem similar to yours then please open a
   [new ticket](https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2/issues/new/choose).
    - Be descriptive as much as you can.
    - Provide everything the template text asks you for.