From 8f6113b70687fb2034f807e8b3ce2460fc19143f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marko Petric <marko.petric@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:55:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add some text about WIP and issue tracking --- .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md index 02ecb9d3a..85bff44a0 100644 --- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -6,13 +6,25 @@ When making a `Pull Request` please explain what and why things were changed. Please include a short description in the BEGINRELEASENOTES/ENDRELEASENOTES block, which will appear in the -doc/ReleaseNotes.md of the given package, once a new tag is made. +doc/ReleaseNotes.md, once a new tag is made. + +We are happy if you create pull-requests also if you feature is not ready, yet. +Please mar them as such by adding `[WIP]` to the start of the title. The purpose +of this is, for example, that you want to let other people know you are working +on a given issue. For these work-in-progress pull-request, we propose to have a +check list of things that still need to be done. + +## Issue tracking + +Use the github issue tracker. Reference the issues that you are working on. If +you notice an issue, consider first creating an issue and then refering to it in +your pull-request and commit messages with `#[issue-id]`. + ## Coding Conventions * Your code should not introduce any new warnings, and fix as many existing warnings as possible - ## Git workflow For an explanation of the git(hub) workflow please see -- GitLab