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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. In that case 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 A pull request has the advantage that it will trigger the Continuous |
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13 Integration tests, you will be warned of problems (you can ignore the coverage |
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14 warning, it's noisy). |
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16 Please consider adding a test. All new functionality should be tested and bug |
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17 fixes should be tested for regressions: the test should fail before the fix and |
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18 pass after the fix. Look through recent patches for examples and find help |
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19 with ":help testing". The tests are located under "src/testdir". |
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21 Contributions will be distributed with Vim under the Vim license. Providing a |
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22 change to be included implies that you agree with this and your contribution |
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23 does not cause us trouble with trademarks or patents. There is no CLA to sign. |
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26 # Reporting issues |
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28 We use GitHub issues, but that is not a requirement. Writing to the Vim |
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29 maillist is also fine. |
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31 Please use the GitHub issues only for actual issues. If you are not 100% sure |
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32 that your problem is a Vim issue, please first discuss this on the Vim user |
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37 If you report an issue, please describe exactly how to reproduce it. |
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38 For example, don't say "insert some text" but say what you did exactly: |
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39 "ahere is some text<Esc>". |
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40 Ideally, the steps you list can be used to write a test to verify the problem |
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43 Feel free to report even the smallest problem, also typos in the documentation. |
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45 You can find known issues in the todo file: ":help todo". |
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46 Or open [the todo file] on GitHub to see the latest version. |
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48 [the todo file]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/doc/todo.txt |
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51 # Syntax, indent and other runtime files |
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53 The latest version of these files can be obtained from the repository. |
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54 They are usually not updated with numbered patches. |
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56 If you find a problem with one of these files or have a suggestion for |
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57 improvement, please first try to contact the maintainer directly. |
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58 Look in the header of the file for the name and email address. |
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60 The maintainer will take care of issues and send updates to Bram for |
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61 distribution with Vim. |
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18664 | 68 Translations of this CONTRIBUTING file: |
69 [Korean](https://github.com/cjw1359/opensource/blob/master/Vim/CONTRIBUTING_ko.md) | |
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71 Translating messages and runtime files is very much appreciated! These things |
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76 * Vim tutor, see [runtime/tutor/README.txt][3] | |
77 * Manual pages, see [runtime/doc/\*.1][4] for examples | |
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78 * Installer, see [nsis/lang/\*.nsi][5] for examples |
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80 The help files can be translated and made available separately. | |
81 See https://www.vim.org/translations.php for examples. | |
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83 [1]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/src/po/README.txt | |
84 [2]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/lang/README.txt | |
85 [3]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/tutor/README.txt | |
86 [4]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/doc/vim.1 | |
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