development-workflow.md

Development Workflow

The following graph shows the workflow how to develop KubeSphere backend. For the frontend part please refer to KubeSphere console

Step 1. Fork

1. Visit https://github.com/kubesphere/kubesphere
2. Click Fork button to create a fork of the project to your GitHub account.

Step 2. Clone fork to local storage

Per Go's workspace instructions, place KubeSphere code on your GOPATH using the following cloning procedure.

Define a local working directory:

export working_dir=$GOPATH/src/kubesphere.io
export user={your github profile name}

Create your clone locally:

mkdir -p $working_dir
cd $working_dir
git clone https://github.com/$user/kubesphere.git
cd $working_dir/kubesphere
git remote add upstream https://github.com/kubesphere/kubesphere.git

# Never push to upstream master
git remote set-url --push upstream no_push

# Confirm your remotes make sense:
git remote -v

Step 3. Keep your branch in sync

git fetch upstream
git checkout master
git rebase upstream/master

Step 4. Add new features or fix issues

Create a branch from master:

git checkout -b myfeature

Then edit code on the myfeature branch. You can refer to effective_go while writing code.

Test and build

Currently, the make rules only contain simple checks such as vet, unit test, will add e2e tests soon.

Using KubeBuilder

• For Linux OS, you can download and execute this KubeBuilder script.

• For MacOS, you can install KubeBuilder by following this guide.

Run and test

make all
# Run every unit test
make test

Run make help for additional information on these make targets.

Step 5. Development in new branch

Sync with upstream

After the test is completed, it is a good practice to keep your local in sync with upstream to avoid conflicts.

# Rebase your master branch of your local repo.
git checkout master
git rebase upstream/master

# Then make your development branch in sync with master branch
git checkout new_feature
git rebase -i master

Commit local changes

git add <file>
git commit -s -m "add your description"

Step 6. Push to your fork

When ready to review (or just to establish an offsite backup of your work), push your branch to your fork on GitHub:

git push -f ${your_remote_name} myfeature

Step 7. Create a PR

• Visit your fork at https://github.com/$user/kubesphere
• Click the Compare & Pull Request button next to your myfeature branch.
• Check out the pull request process for more details and advice.