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Contributing to Linkerd2

🎈 Thanks for your help improving the project!

Getting Help

If you have a question about Linkerd2 or have encountered problems using it, start by asking a question in the forums or join us in the #linkerd2 Slack channel.

Developer Certificate of Origin

To contribute to this project, you must agree to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) for each commit you make. The DCO is a simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the contribution.

See the DCO file for the full text of what you must agree to.

To signify that you agree to the DCO for a commit, you add a line to the git commit message:

Signed-off-by: Jane Smith <jane.smith@example.com>

In most cases, you can add this signoff to your commit automatically with the -s flag to git commit. You must use your real name and a reachable email address (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions).

Submitting a Pull Request

Do you have an improvement?

  1. Submit an issue describing your proposed change.
  2. We will try to respond to your issue promptly.
  3. Fork this repo, develop and test your code changes. See the project's README for further information about working in this repository.
  4. Submit a pull request against this repo's master branch.
    • Include instructions on how to test your changes.
    • If you are making a change to the user interface (UI), include a screenshot of the UI before and after your changes.
  5. Your branch may be merged once all configured checks pass, including:

Committing

We prefer squash or rebase commits so that all changes from a branch are committed to master as a single commit. All pull requests are squashed when merged, but rebasing prior to merge gives you better control over the commit message.

Commit messages

Finalized commit messages should be in the following format:

Subject

Problem

Solution

Validation

Fixes #[GitHub issue ID]

Subject

  • one line, <= 50 characters
  • describe what is done; not the result
  • use the active voice
  • capitalize first word and proper nouns
  • do not end in a period — this is a title/subject
  • reference the GitHub issue by number
Examples
bad: server disconnects should cause dst client disconnects.
good: Propagate disconnects from source to destination

bad: support tls servers
good: Introduce support for server-side TLS (#347)

Problem

Explain the context and why you're making that change. What is the problem you're trying to solve? In some cases there is not a problem and this can be thought of as being the motivation for your change.

Solution

Describe the modifications you've made.

If this PR changes a behavior, it is helpful to describe the difference between the old behavior and the new behavior. Provide before and after screenshots, example CLI output, or changed YAML where applicable.

Describe any implementation changes which are particularly complex or unintuitive.

List any follow-up work that will need to be done in a future PR and link to any relevant Github issues.

Validation

Describe the testing you've done to validate your change. Give instructions for reviewers to replicate your tests. Performance-related changes should include before- and after- benchmark results.