To provide a code contribution for an issue you will need to set up your own fork of the SuiteCRM repository, make your code changes, commit the changes and make a Pull Request to the appropriate branch on the SuiteCM repository. See our Quick Guide to Fork SuiteCRM. Once you have set up your forked repository you can begin making commits to the project.
First, determine which base branch your bug fix should use. If your
bug is present in both hotfix and hotfix-7.8.x then use the hotfix-7.8.x
branch. If however, your bug is specific to hotfix, then you can use the
hotfix branch.
Separate each issue fix into a new branch in your repository (Either
from the hotfix-7.8.x or hotfix branch) and name it with the issue
ID e.g. bugfix_3062 or issue-1234.
When committing to your individual bugfix branch, it helps to follow the message format below:
Fixed #1234 - <the subject of the issue>
e.g of a commit command
git commit -m "Fixed #1436 - Reports with nested Parentheses are removing parameters"
This commit message format allows us to easily include all bug fixes within major and minor release notes.
If you are new to Writing Commit Messages in git follow the guide here.
After you have made your commits and pushed them up to your forked repository you then create a Pull Request to be reviewed and merged into the SuiteCRM repository. Make a new Pull Request for each issue you fix – do not combine multiple bugfixes into one Pull Request.
Ensure that in your Pull Request that the base fork is
salesagility/SuiteCRM and base branch is either hotfix or
hotfix-7.8.x with the head fork being your repository and a base
branch of your unique bugfix branch e.g. bugfix_1234
We will automatically reject any Pull Requests made to the wrong branch!
If you have not signed our CLA (Contributor License Agreement) then your Pull Request will fail a check and won’t be able to be merged into the project. You will only be required to sign this once.
When a new Pull Request is opened, Travis CI will test the merging of the origin and upstream branch and update the Pull Request. If this check fails you can review the test results and resolve accordingly. To test prior to making a Pull Request install PHPUnit via composer into your develop environment then cd into the tests directory and run:
sh runtests.sh
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