Hey there, I'm a new guy. I've finished up what's about equivalent to a year long C++ course (Strostrup's Programming and Principles in C++). I'd like to do some real coding and help out. Since MCServer is open-source, I'd like to start here and begin fixing bugs!
So, I was just wondering how I should formally make myself known and submit simple patches in the form of Git diff files.
And, Git Bash should work well, right?
Are you familiar with GitHub? That's where the current code base is. You would need a GitHub account.
Git Bash should be fine.
(02-08-2014, 03:14 AM)SamJBarney Wrote: [ -> ]Are you familiar with GitHub? That's where the current code base is. You would need a GitHub account.
Git Bash should be fine.
Ah, okay. I was waiting till I figured out how to actually properly join a group, as opposed to randomly downloading and editing code. I take it I just use a "pull request?"
Well, you will need to fork the repository, apply your code changes to that, and then use a pull request to get your changes to up for approval. Have you used github before, I'm assuming?
(02-08-2014, 03:48 AM)SamJBarney Wrote: [ -> ]Well, you will need to fork the repository, apply your code changes to that, and then use a pull request to get your changes to up for approval. Have you used github before, I'm assuming?
No, I haven't used Github before. That's why I'm not sure of the process and ended up asking here. I'm currently reading the help documentation on github.
Read up on making pull requests first, then read the README, COMPILING, and CONTRIBUTING files in the MCS base repository
Finally, let the bugfixing begin! (that was a reference)
Welcome.
As the other have already pointed you in the right direction(s), I'll just add that the GitHub issue tracer has a special tag for tasks that we consider suitable for newcomers, search for issues with the "easy" label, if you see something you'd like to work on, drop a line there saying so; if you're not sure about how to go about that, feel free to ask there or start a new thread here in the forum.
Good luck.
(02-08-2014, 07:36 AM)xoft Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome.
As the other have already pointed you in the right direction(s), I'll just add that the GitHub issue tracer has a special tag for tasks that we consider suitable for newcomers, search for issues with the "easy" label, if you see something you'd like to work on, drop a line there saying so; if you're not sure about how to go about that, feel free to ask there or start a new thread here in the forum.
Good luck.
Thanks!