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annotate CONTRIBUTING.md @ 11961:0240e7e3d736 v8.0.0861
patch 8.0.0861: still many old style tests
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Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Fri Aug 4 22:37:11 2017 +0200
patch 8.0.0861: still many old style tests
Problem: Still many old style tests.
Solution: Convert several tests to new style. (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
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1 # Contributing to Vim |
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3 Patches are welcome in whatever form. |
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4 Discussions about patches happen on the vim-dev maillist. |
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5 If you create a pull request on GitHub it will be |
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6 forwarded to the vim-dev maillist. You can also send your patch there |
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7 directly. An attachment with a unified diff format is preferred. |
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8 Information about the maillist can be found [on the Vim website]. |
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10 [on the Vim website]: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev |
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12 Please consider adding a test. Test coverage isn't very good yet, this needs |
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13 to improve. Look through recent patches for examples. The tests are located |
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14 under "src/testdir". |
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17 # Reporting issues |
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19 We use GitHub issues, but that is not a requirement. Writing to the Vim |
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20 maillist is also fine. |
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22 Please use the GitHub issues only for actual issues. If you are not 100% sure |
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23 that your problem is a Vim issue, please first discuss this on the Vim user |
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24 maillist. Try reproducing the problem without any plugins or settings: |
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26 vim -N -u NONE |
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28 If you report an issue, please describe exactly how to reproduce it. |
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29 For example, don't say "insert some text" but say what you did exactly: |
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30 "ahere is some text<Esc>". |
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31 Ideally, the steps you list can be used to write a test to verify the problem |
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32 is fixed. |
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34 Feel free to report even the smallest problem, also typos in the documentation. |
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36 You can find known issues in the todo file: ":help todo". |
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37 Or open [the todo file] on GitHub to see the latest version. |
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39 [the todo file]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/doc/todo.txt |
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42 # Syntax, indent and other runtime files |
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44 The latest version of these files can be obtained from the repository. |
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45 They are usually not updated with numbered patches. |
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47 If you find a problem with one of these files or have a suggestion for |
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48 improvement, please first try to contact the maintainer directly. |
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49 Look in the header of the file for the name and email address. |
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51 The maintainer will take care of issues and send updates to Bram for |
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52 distribution with Vim. |
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54 If the maintainer does not react, contact the vim-dev maillist. |