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# Contributing
First, thank you for contributing to MeiliSearch! The goal of this document is to
provide everything you need to start contributing to MeiliSearch. The
following TOC is sorted progressively, starting with the basics and
expanding into more specifics.
First, thank you for contributing to MeiliSearch! The goal of this document is to provide everything you need to start contributing to MeiliSearch.
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1. [Assumptions](#assumptions)
1. [Your First Contribution](#your-first-contribution)
1. [Change Control](#change-control)
1. [Git Branches](#git-branches)
1. [Git Commits](#git-commits)
1. [Style](#style)
1. [Github Pull Requests](#github-pull-requests)
1. [Reviews & Approvals](#reviews--approvals)
1. [Merge Style](#merge-style)
1. [CI](#ci)
1. [Development](#development)
1. [Setup](#setup)
1. [Testing](#testing)
1. [Benchmarking](#benchmarking--profiling)
1. [Humans](#humans)
1. [Documentation](#documentation)
1. [Changelog](#changelog)
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- [Assumptions](#assumptions)
- [How to Contribute](#how-to-contribute)
- [Development Workflow](#development-workflow)
- [Git Guidelines](#git-guidelines)
## Assumptions
1. **You're familiar with [Github](https://github.com) and the [pull request](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests)
workflow.**
2. **You've read the MeiliSearch [docs](https://docs.meilisearch.com).**
1. **You're familiar with [Github](https://github.com) and [Pull Request](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests)(PR) workflow.**
2. **You've read the MeiliSearch [documentation](https://docs.meilisearch.com).**
3. **You know about the [MeiliSearch community](https://docs.meilisearch.com/learn/what_is_meilisearch/contact.html).
Please use this for help.**
## Your First Contribution
## How to Contribute
1. Ensure your change has an issue! Find an
[existing issue](https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/) or [open a new issue](https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/issues/new).
* This is where you can get a feel if the change will be accepted or not.
2. Once approved, [fork the MeiliSearch repository](https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo) in your own
Github account.
2. Once approved, [fork the MeiliSearch repository](https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo) in your own Github account.
3. [Create a new Git branch](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository)
4. Review the MeiliSearch [workflow](#workflow) and [development](#development).
5. Make your changes.
6. [Submit the branch as a pull request](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork) to the main MeiliSearch
repo. A MeiliSearch team member should comment and/or review your pull request
with a few days. Although, depending on the circumstances, it may take
longer.
4. Review the [Development Workflow](#development-workflow) section that describes the steps to maintain the repository.
5. Make your changes on your branch.
6. [Submit the branch as a pull request](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork) pointing to the `main` branch of the main MeiliSearch repository. A maintainer should comment and/or review your Pull Request within a few days. Although depending on the circumstances, it may take longer.r.
## Change Control
## Development Workflow
### Setup and run MeiliSearch
```bash
cargo run
```
We recommend using the `--release` flag to test the full performance of MeiliSearch.
### Test
```bash
cargo test
```
If you get a "Too many open size" error you might want to increase the open file limit using this command:
```bash
ulimit -Sn 3000
```
## Git Guidelines
### Git Branches
_All_ changes must be made in a branch and submitted as [pull requests](#pull-requests).
MeiliSearch does not adopt any type of branch naming style, but please use something
descriptive of your changes.
All changes must be made in a branch and submitted as PR.
We do not enforce any branch naming style, but please use something descriptive of your changes.
### Git Commits
#### Style
As minimal requirements, your commit message should:
- be capitalized
- not finish by a dot or any other punctuation character (!,?)
- start with a verb so that we can read your commit message this way: "This commit will ...", where "..." is the commit message.
e.g.: "Fix the home page button" or "Add more tests for create_index method"
Please ensure your commits are small and focused; they should tell a story of
your change. This helps reviewers to follow your changes, especially for more
complex changes.
Familiarise yourself with [How to Write a Git Commit Message](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/).
We don't follow any other convention, but if you want to use one, we recommend [this one](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/).
### Github Pull Requests
Once your changes are ready you must submit your branch as a pull request.
Some notes on GitHub PRs:
#### Reviews & Approvals
- All PRs must be reviewed and approved by at least one maintainer.
- The PR title should be accurate and descriptive of the changes.
- [Convert your PR as a draft](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/changing-the-stage-of-a-pull-request) if your changes are a work in progress: no one will review it until you pass your PR as ready for review.<br>
The draft PR can be very useful if you want to show that you are working on something and make your work visible.
- The branch related to the PR must be **up-to-date with `main`** before merging. Fortunately, this project [Bors](https://github.com/bors-ng/bors-ng) to automatically enforce this requirement without the PR author having to do it manually..
All pull requests must be reviewed and approved by at least one MeiliSearch team
member.
<hr>
#### Merge Style
All pull requests are squashed and merged. We generally discourage large pull
requests that are over 300-500 lines of diff. If you would like to propose
a change that is larger we suggest coming onto our chat channel and
discuss it with one of our engineers. This way we can talk through the
solution and discuss if a change that large is even needed! This overall
will produce a quicker response to the change and likely produce code that
aligns better with our process.
## Development
### Setup
See the [MeiliSearch Docs](https://docs.meilisearch.com/reference/features/installation.html) for how to set up a development environment.
### Benchmarking & Profiling
We do not yet do any benchmarking, nor have we formalised our profiling. If you'd like to work on this please get in touch!
## Humans
After making your change, you'll want to prepare it for MeiliSearch users (mostly humans). This usually entails updating documentation and announcing your feature.
### Documentation
Documentation is very important to MeiliSearch. All contributions that
alter user-facing behavior MUST include documentation changes. Please see
[GitHub.com/meilisearch/documentation](https://github.com/meilisearch/documentation) for more info.
### Changelog
Until we have guidelines in place, updating the [`Changelog`](/CHANGELOG.md) is solely the responsibility of MeiliSearch team members.
Thank you again for reading this through, we can not wait to begin to work with you if you made your way through this contributing guide ❤️