# Creating new Features

# Fork

Fork the Mojaloop repository into your own personal space. Ensure that you keep the master branch in sync.

Refer to the following documentation for more information: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/ (opens new window)

  1. Clone repo using Git Fork button (refer to the above documentation for more information)

  2. Clone your forked repo: git clone https://github.com/<your_username>/<forked_repo>.git

  3. Synchronise your forked repo with Mojaloop

    Add a new upstream repo for Mojaloop $ git remote add mojaloop https://github.com/mojaloop/<original_repo>.git

    You should now see that you have two remotes:

     git remote -v
 origin    https://github.com/<your_username>/<forked_repo>.git (fetch)
 origin    https://github.com/<your_username>/<forked_repo>.git (push)
 mojaloop  https://github.com/mojaloop/<original_repo>.git (fetch)
 mojaloop  https://github.com/mojaloop/<original_repo>.git (push)

  4. To sync to your current branch: git pull mojaloop <current_branch> This will merge any changes from Mojaloop's repo into your forked repo.

  5. Push the changes back to your remote fork: git push origin <current_branch>

# Creating a Branch

Create a new branch from the master branch with the following format: <branchType>/<issue#><issueDescription> where issue# can be attained from the Github issue, and the issueDescription is the issue description formatted in CamelCase.

  1. Create and checkout the branch: git checkout -b <branchType>/<issue#><issueDescription>
  2. Push the branch to your remote: git push origin <branchType>/<issue#><issueDescription>

Where <branchType> can be one of the following:

branchType Description
feature Any new or maintenance features that are in active development.
hotfix A hotfix branch is for any urgent fixes.
release A release branch containing a snapshot of a release.
backup A temporary backup branch. Used normally during repo maintenance.

# Open a Pull Request (PR)

Once your feature is ready for review, create a Pull Request from you feature branch back into the master branch on the Mojaloop Repository. If you're new to GitHub or Pull Requests, take a look at this guide (opens new window) for more information.

# Pull Request Titles

Mojaloop uses Conventional Commits (opens new window) to help our automated tooling manage releases and deployments. Your Pull Request title _must_conform to the conventional commits specification to pass the CI/CD checks in CircleCI.

By adopting Conventional Commits + Semantic Versioning we can automatically release a new version for a given component and increment the MAJOR, MINOR and BUGFIX versions based soley on the PR titles, and auto generate rich changelogs. (See this example (opens new window) of an auto generated changelog)

Note:
When merging (and squashing) a PR, GitHub uses the title of the PR for the git commit message. This means that to specify a breaking change, you must use the ! format:
"If included in the type/scope prefix, breaking changes MUST be indicated by a ! immediately before the :. If ! is used, BREAKING CHANGE: MAY be omitted from the footer section, and the commit description SHALL be used to describe the breaking change."

Examples of good PR titles

  • feat(api): add ability to handle PUT /thirdpartyRequests/trasactions/{ID} endpoint
  • fix: update outdated node modules
  • feat(models)!: change database schema
  • chore: tidy up readme

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