Contributing guide for GSoC students

This is a quick-start guide for GSoC students. This is not meant to be a git/Github tutorial.

git Setup

You only need to do this once.

1. Tell git your name:

   git config --global user.name "<Firstname> <Lastname>"

2. Tell git your email address:

   git config --global user.email <[email protected]>

wget2 Setup

You only need to do this once.

1. Fork the upstream via Github interface

2. Clone your fork:

   git clone [email protected]:<your-username>/wget2.git

3. Add upstream repository:

   git remote add upstream https://github.com/rockdaboot/wget2.git

4. Build wget2 as explained in README

Development

You'll to do this periodically. :)

1. Pick an issue from Issues or

2. Create new issue if you want to add a new feature

3. For said issue/feature create a new branch:

   git checkout -b <branch_name>

4. Make your changes using IDE/text editor of your choice

5. git add and git commit your changes:

   git add <modified_file>
git commit <modified_file>

6. Push your changes to your fork:

   git push origin master

7. Create a pull request to merge your changes with the upstream

8. Wait for review.

9. Repeat steps 4, 5 & 6 if more changes are requested

10. Delete the local branch and remote branch once your changes get merged:

    git branch -d <branch_name>
git push origin -d <branch_name>

11. Go to step 1

Syncing Your Fork

You need to do this periodically.

1. Fetch code from upstream:

   git fetch upstream

2. Switch to master branch:

   git checkout master

3. Merge the code fetched from upstream:

   git merge upstream/master

4. Push the merged code to your fork:

   git push origin master

Documentation

• wget2
  1. Once you built the project head over to docs/html/index.html
• GnuTLS
  1. GnuTLS Manual
• C
  1. C99 Standard
  2. C99 Rationale
• git
  1. Git Documentation
  2. Pro Git book
• Github
  1. Github Help
  2. Github Guides