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Contributing
Hi there! We're thrilled that you'd like to contribute to this project. Your help is essential for keeping it great.
Contributions to this project are released to the public under the project's open source license.
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
Submitting a pull request
- Fork and clone the repository
- Set up a local build
- Create a new branch:
git checkout -b my-branch-name
- Make your change
- Push to your fork and submit a pull request
- Pat yourself on the back and wait for your pull request to be reviewed and merged.
Here are a few things you can do that will increase the likelihood of your pull request being accepted:
- Follow the style guide.
- Write tests. Tests that don't require the VS Code API are located here. Integration tests that do require the VS Code API are located here.
- Keep your change as focused as possible. If there are multiple changes you would like to make that are not dependent upon each other, consider submitting them as separate pull requests.
- Write a good commit message.
Setting up a local build
Make sure you have a fairly recent version of vscode (>1.32) and are using nodejs version >=v10.13.0. (Tested on v10.15.1 and v10.16.0).
Installing all packages
From the command line, go to the directory extensions/ql-vscode
and run
npm install
Building the extension
From the command line, go to the directory extensions/ql-vscode
and run
npm run build
npm run watch
Alternatively, you can build the extension within VS Code via Terminal > Run Build Task...
(or Ctrl+Shift+B
with the default key bindings). And you can run the watch command via Terminal > Run Task
and then select npm watch
from the menu.
Before running any of the launch commands, be sure to have run the build
command to ensure that the JavaScript is compiled and the resources are copied to the proper location.
We recommend that you keep npm run watch
running in the backgound and you only need to re-run npm run build
in the following situations:
- on first checkout
- whenever any of the non-TypeScript resources have changed
- on any change to files included in the webview
Installing the extension
You can install the .vsix
file from within VS Code itself, from the Extensions container in the sidebar:
More Actions...
(top right) > Install from VSIX...
Or, from the command line, use something like (depending on where you have VSCode installed):
$ code --install-extension dist/vscode-codeql-*.vsix # normal VSCode installation
# or maybe
$ vscode/scripts/code-cli.sh --install-extension dist/vscode-codeql-*.vsix # if you're using the open-source version from a checkout of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
Debugging
You can use VS Code to debug the extension without explicitly installing it. Just open this directory as a workspace in VS Code, and hit F5
to start a debugging session.
Running the unit/integration tests
Ensure the CODEQL_PATH
environment variable is set to point to the codeql
cli executable.
Outside of vscode, run:
npm run test && npm run integration
Alternatively, you can run the tests inside of vscode. There are several vscode launch configurations defined that run the unit and integration tests. They can all be found in the debug view.
Releasing (write access required)
-
Double-check the
CHANGELOG.md
contains all desired change comments and has the version to be released with date at the top.- Go through all recent PRs and make sure they are properly accounted for.
- Make sure all changelog entries have links back to their PR(s) if appropriate.
-
Double-check that the extension
package.json
has the version you intend to release. If you are doing a patch release (as opposed to minor or major version) this should already be correct. -
Create a PR for this release:
- This PR will contain any missing bits from steps 1 and 2. Most of the time, this will just be updating
CHANGELOG.md
with today's date. - Create a new branch for the release named after the new version. For example:
v1.3.6
- Create a new commit with a message the same as the branch name.
- Create a PR for this branch.
- Wait for the PR to be merged into
main
- This PR will contain any missing bits from steps 1 and 2. Most of the time, this will just be updating
-
Trigger a release build on Actions by adding a new tag on branch
main
named after the release, as above. Note that when you push to upstream, you will need to fully qualify the ref. A command like this will work:git push upstream refs/tags/v1.3.6
- IMPORTANT Make sure you are on the
main
branch and your local checkout is fully updated when you add the tag. - If you accidentally add the tag to the wrong ref, you can just force push it to the right one later.
- IMPORTANT Make sure you are on the
-
Monitor the status of the release build in the
Release
workflow in the Actions tab. -
Download the VSIX from the draft GitHub release at the top of the releases page that is created when the release build finishes.
-
Unzip the
.vsix
and inspect itspackage.json
to make sure the version is what you expect, or look at the source if there's any doubt the right code is being shipped. -
Go to the actions tab of the vscode-codeql repository and select the Release workflow.
- If there is an authentication failure when publishing, be sure to check that the authentication keys haven't expired. See below.
-
Approve the deployments of the correct Release workflow. This will automatically publish to Open VSX and VS Code Marketplace.
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Go to the draft GitHub release in the releases tab of the repository, click 'Edit', add some summary description, and publish it.
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Confirm the new release is marked as the latest release at https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/releases.
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If documentation changes need to be published, notify documentation team that release has been made.
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Review and merge the version bump PR that is automatically created by Actions.
Secrets and authentication for publishing
Repository administrators, will need to manage the authentication keys for publishing to the VS Code marketplace and Open VSX. Each requires an authentication token. The VS Code marketplace token expires yearly.
To regenerate the Open VSX token:
- Log in to the user settings page on Open VSX.
- Make sure you are a member of the GitHub namespace.
- Go to the Access Tokens page and generate a new token.
- Update the secret in the
publish-open-vsx
environment in the project settings.
To regenerate the VSCode Marketplace token:
- Follow the instructions on getting a PAT for Azure DevOps.
- Update the secret in the
publish-vscode-marketplace
environment in the project settings.
Not that Azure DevOps PATs expire yearly and must be regenerated.