We want to make contributing to this project as easy and transparent as possible. Hopefully this document makes the process for contributing clear and answers any questions you may have. If not, feel free to open an Issue.
We use GitHub issues to track public bugs and requests. Please ensure your bug description is clear and has sufficient instructions to be able to reproduce the issue. The best way is to provide a reduced test case on jsFiddle or jsBin.
Facebook has a bounty program for the safe disclosure of security bugs. In those cases, please go through the process outlined on that page and do not file a public issue.
All active development of graphql-js happens on GitHub. We actively welcome your pull requests.
Since graphql-js is a reference implementation of the GraphQL spec, only changes which comply with this spec will be considered. If you have a change in mind which requires a change to the spec, please first open an issue against the spec.
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Complete your CLA here: https://code.facebook.com/cla
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Fork this repo by using the "Fork" button in the upper-right
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Check out your fork
git clone [email protected]:yournamehere/graphql-js.git
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Install or Update all dependencies
npm install
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Get coding! If you've added code, add tests. If you've changed APIs, update any relevant documentation or tests. Ensure your work is committed within a feature branch.
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Ensure all tests pass
npm test
While actively developing, we recommend running npm run watch
in a terminal.
This will watch the file system run any relevant lint, tests, and type checks automatically whenever you save a .js
file.
- 2 spaces for indentation (no tabs)
- 80 character line length strongly preferred.
- Prefer
'
over"
- ES6 syntax when possible. However do not rely on ES6-specific functions to be available.
- Use Flow types.
- Use semicolons;
- Trailing commas,
- Avd abbr wrds.
Only core contributors may release to NPM.
To release a new version on NPM, first ensure all tests pass with npm test
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then use npm version patch|minor|major
in order to increment the version in
package.json and tag and commit a release. Then git push && git push --tags
this change so Travis CI can deploy to NPM. Do not run npm publish
directly.
Once published, add release notes.
Use semver to determine which version part to increment.
Example for a patch release:
npm test
npm version patch
git push --follow-tags
By contributing to graphql-js, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its MIT license.