Contribute to code

Contribute to code

Open project in Gitpod

Visit your forked repo, then press the Gitpod button

If you don't have the Gitpod button, prefix the link of the forked repo with https://gitpod.io/# and visit the resulting link.

In the top right corner click on your account login and from the menu select Open Access Control. Enable "write public repos".

Use the terminal to type in commands:

Create a development branch and switch to it

If you don't already have a development branch, type

git checkout -b dev

If you already have a development branch, type

git checkout dev

Update development branch to main project current state

git fetch upstream master
git reset --hard upstream/master

Edit source files to modify code

Edit the source files to modify the code.

Example

Open server.js and change if(scoreUnit == "cp") scoreValue = scoreValue to if(scoreUnit == "cp") scoreValue = scoreValue / 100 in order to display score in pawns instead of centipawns.

Save the file using Ctrl + S or File / Save.

Push code change to your development branch

git add . -A
git commit -m "Show cp score in pawns"
git push --force origin dev

Create pull request

Visit your forked repo and select the development branch

Press Compare and pull request

Leave a comment if necessary, then press Create pull request

You have created a pull request and from now on it depends on the maintainer of the main project to accept or reject it.

Update your app on accepted pull request

If your pull request has been accepted, you can update your app according to these Wikis

Update Heroku app

https://github.com/hyperchessbot/hyperbot/wiki/Update-Heroku-app-to-latest-version-using-Gitpod#update-heroku-app-to-latest-version-using-gitpod

Update Windows / goorm installation

https://github.com/hyperchessbot/hyperbot/wiki/Update-to-latest-version-on-Windows-or-goorm#update-to-latest-version-on-windows--goorm