Contributing to REX-Ray¶
An introduction to contributing to the REX-Ray project
The REX-Ray project welcomes, and depends, on contributions from developers and users in the open source community. Contributions can be made in a number of ways, a few examples are:
- Code patches via pull requests
- Documentation improvements
- Bug reports and patch reviews
- OS, Storage, and Volume Drivers
- A distributed server/client model with profile support
Reporting an Issue¶
Please include as much detail as you can. This includes:
- The OS type and version
- The REX-Ray version
- The storage system in question
- A set of logs with debug-logging enabled that show the problem
Testing the Development Version¶
If you want to just install and try out the latest development version of REX-Ray you can do so with the following command. This can be useful if you want to provide feedback for a new feature or want to confirm if a bug you have encountered is fixed in the git master. It is strongly recommended that you do this within a virtual environment.
curl -sSL https://dl.bintray.com/emccode/rexray/install | sh -s -- unstable
Installing for Development¶
First you'll need to fork and clone the repository. Once you have a local copy, run the following command.
make deps && make
This will install REX-Ray into your GOPATH
and you'll be able to make changes
locally, test them, and commit ideas and fixes back to your fork of the
repository.
Running the tests¶
To run the tests, run the following commands:
make test
Submitting Pull Requests¶
Once you are happy with your changes or you are ready for some feedback, push it to your fork and send a pull request. For a change to be accepted it will most likely need to have tests and documentation if it is a new feature.