atuin/CONTRIBUTING.md
Ellie Huxtable bce0faa1c2
feat: add background daemon (#2006)
* init daemon crate

* wip

* minimal functioning daemon, needs cleanup for sure

* better errors

* add signal cleanup

* logging

* things

* add sync worker

* move daemon crate

* 30s -> 5mins

* make clippy happy

* fix stuff maybe?

* fmt

* trim packages

* rate limit fix

* more protoc huh

* this makes no sense, why linux why

* can it install literally just curl

* windows in ci is slow, and all the newer things will not work there. disable the daemon feature and it will build

* add daemon feature

* maybe this

* ok wut where is protoc

* try setting protoc

* hm

* try copying protoc

* remove optional

* add cross config

* idk nix

* does nix want this?

* some random pkg I found does this

* uh oh

* hack, be gone!

* update contributing
2024-05-08 12:09:04 +01:00

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Contributing

Thank you so much for considering contributing to Atuin! We really appreciate it <3

Development dependencies

  1. A rust toolchain (rustup recommended)
  2. Protobuf compiler

We commit to supporting the latest stable version of Rust - nothing more, nothing less, no nightly.

Before working on anything, we suggest taking a copy of your Atuin data directory (~/.local/share/atuin on most *nix platforms). If anything goes wrong, you can always restore it!

While data directory backups are always a good idea, you can instruct Atuin to use custom path using the following environment variables:

export ATUIN_DB_PATH=/tmp/atuin_dev.db
export ATUIN_RECORD_STORE_PATH=/tmp/atuin_records.db

It is also recommended to update your $PATH so that the pre-exec scripts would use the locally built version:

export PATH="./target/release:$PATH"

These 3 variables can be added in a local .envrc file, read by direnv.

PRs

It can speed up the review cycle if you consent to maintainers pushing to your branch. This will only be in the case of small fixes or adjustments, and not anything large. If you feel OK with this, please check the box on the template!

What to work on?

Any issues labeled "bug" or "help wanted" would be fantastic, just drop a comment and feel free to ask for help!

If there's anything you want to work on that isn't already an issue, either open a feature request or get in touch on the forum/Discord.

Setup

git clone https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin
cd atuin
cargo build

Running

When iterating on a feature, it's useful to use cargo run

For example, if working on a search feature

cargo run -- search --a-new-flag

While iterating on the server, I find it helpful to run a new user on my system, with sync_server set to be localhost.

Tests

Our test coverage is currently not the best, but we are working on it! Generally tests live in the file next to the functionality they are testing, and are executed just with cargo test.

Migrations

Be careful creating database migrations - once your database has migrated ahead of current stable, there is no going back

Stickers

We try to ship anyone contributing to Atuin a sticker! Only contributors get a shiny one. Fill out this form if you'd like one.