Developer guidelines
If a defect changes user-visible server behavior, it needs a bug report, even if it is a small defect. Report the bug at GitHub.
When reporting a bug, try to come up with a test case right away. Set the current maintenance milestone for the bug fix, and specify the series. Assign the bug to yourself. Put the status to ‘In progress’ Once the patch is ready, put the bug to ‘In review’ and solicit a review for the fix.
Once there is a positive code review, push the patch and set the status to ‘Closed’
Patches for bugs should contain a reference to the respective GitHub issue page or at least the issue id. Each patch should have a test, unless coming up with one is difficult in the current framework, in which case QA should be alerted.
There are two things you need to do when your patch makes it into the master:
- put the bug to ‘fix committed’,
- delete the remote branch.
Any commit needs a helpful message. Mind the following guidelines when committing to any of Tarantool repositories at GitHub.
- Separate subject from body with a blank line.
- Try to limit the subject line to 50 characters or so.
- Start the subject line with a capital letter unless it prefixed with a
subsystem name and semicolon:
- memtx:
- vinyl:
- xlog:
- replication:
- recovery:
- iproto:
- net.box:
- lua:
- sql:
- Do not end the subject line with a period.
- Do not put “gh-xx”, “closes #xxx” to the subject line.
- Use the imperative mood in the subject line. A properly formed Git commit subject line should always be able to complete the following sentence: “If applied, this commit will /your subject line here/”.
- Wrap the body to 72 characters or so.
- Use the body to explain what and why vs. how.
- Link GitHub issues on the lasts lines (see how).
- Use your real name and real email address. For Tarantool team members, @tarantool.org email is preferred, but not mandatory.
A template:
Summarize changes in 50 characters or less
More detailed explanatory text, if necessary.
Wrap it to 72 characters or so.
In some contexts, the first line is treated as the subject of the
commit, and the rest of the text as the body.
The blank line separating the summary from the body is critical
(unless you omit the body entirely); various tools like `log`,
`shortlog` and `rebase` can get confused if you run the two together.
Explain the problem that this commit is solving. Focus on why you
are making this change as opposed to how (the code explains that).
Are there side effects or other unintuitive consequences of this
change? Here's the place to explain them.
Further paragraphs come after blank lines.
- Bullet points are okay, too.
- Typically a hyphen or asterisk is used for the bullet, preceded
by a single space, with blank lines in between, but conventions
vary here.
Fixes #123
Closes #456
Needed for #859
See also #343, #789
Some real-world examples: