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First: if you're unsure or afraid of anything, just ask or submit the issue or pull request anyways. You won't be yelled at for giving your best effort. The worst that can happen is that you'll be politely asked to change something. We appreciate all contributions!
For those folks who want a bit more guidance on the best way to contribute to the project, read on. Addressing the points below lets us merge or address your contributions quickly.
- Make sure you test against the latest released version. It is possible we already fixed the bug you're experiencing.
- If you experienced a panic, please create a gist of the entire generated crash log for us to look at. Double check no sensitive items were in the log.
- Respond as promptly as possible to any questions made by the linode-cosi-driver team to your issue. Stale issues will be closed.
- The issue is reported.
- The issue is verified and categorized by a linode-cosi-driver collaborator. Categorization is done via labels. For example, bugs are marked as "bugs".
- Unless it is critical, the issue is left for a period of time (sometimes many weeks), giving outside contributors a chance to address the issue.
- The issue is addressed in a pull request. The issue will be referenced in commit message(s) so that the code that fixes it is clearly linked.
- The issue is closed. Sometimes, valid issues will be closed to keep the issue tracker clean. The issue is still indexed and available for future viewers, or can be re-opened if necessary.
Pull requests must always be opened from a fork of linode-cosi-driver
, even if you have
commit rights to the repository so that all contributors follow the same process.
To contribute to linode-cosi-driver, you need to have Go installed on your system and set up with Go modules. Follow these steps to get started:
-
Install Go:
- For macOS users, the recommended way is to use Homebrew:
$ brew install go
- For other platforms or manual installation, you can download and install Go from the official website.
- For macOS users, the recommended way is to use Homebrew:
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Clone the
linode-cosi-driver
repository to your local machine:$ git clone https://github.com/linode/linode-cosi-driver.git
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Change into the
linode-cosi-driver
directory:$ cd linode-cosi-driver
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Now you're all set with the Go environment and Go modules!
To ensure consistent code quality, we use golangci-lint
as a single point for code linting. You can install golangci-lint
via Homebrew (for macOS users) or using the go install
command (for all platforms).
If you're on macOS and using Homebrew, you can install golangci-lint
with the following command:
$ brew install golangci-lint
Make sure to update golangci-lint
regularly to get the latest improvements:
$ brew upgrade golangci-lint
For other platforms, you can install golangci-lint
using the go install
command:
$ go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest
Ensure that your Go binary is in your system's PATH for the go install
command to work correctly.
With golangci-lint
installed, you can now run it against the linode-cosi-driver codebase to check for any linting issues:
$ golangci-lint run
Fix any linting issues reported by golangci-lint
before submitting your changes.
Remember, we encourage contributions to be well-formatted and follow the project's coding conventions. Happy coding!
When adding new features or fixing bugs, it's essential to write tests to ensure the stability and correctness of the code changes. linode-cosi-driver
uses both unit tests and integration tests.
Unit tests focus on testing individual functions and components in isolation. To write a unit test, create a new file in the *_test.go
format alongside the code you want to test. Use the Go testing framework to create test functions that cover different scenarios and edge cases.
Example unit test:
import (
"testing"
)
func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
expected := 5
result := Add(2, 3)
if result != expected {
t.Errorf("expected %d, but got %d", expected, result)
}
}
Important
Before running the integration tests, ensure the following prerequisites are met:
- Linode Account: You need a valid Linode account with access to the Linode API.
- Linode Token: Set the
LINODE_TOKEN
environment variable with your Linode API token. - Environment Variables: Additional environment variables, such as
LINODE_API_URL
andLINODE_API_VERSION
, can be set as needed.
To run the end-to-end tests, execute the following:
make test-integration
The tests cover various operations such as creating a bucket, granting and revoking bucket access, and deleting a bucket. These operations are performed multiple times to ensure idempotency. You can controll number of times the idempotent operations are run and IDEMPOTENCY_ITERATIONS
(default is 2).
Important
Before running the integration tests, ensure the following prerequisites are met:
- Linode Account: You need a valid Linode account with access to the Linode API.
- Linode Token: Set the
LINODE_TOKEN
environment variable with your Linode API token.
To run the end-to-end tests, execute the following:
make test-e2e
To run specific tests only please use label selector via TEST_SELECTOR
environment variable.
TEST_SELECTOR=name=examples make test-e2e