From 0de04b32bbbe08b5978bdf629e4d485078ede413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Povilas Kanapickas Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:36:28 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: Suggest contributors to split their commits Signed-off-by: Povilas Kanapickas --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 437bea8..28cd296 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ Note: Some steps are OPTIONAL but all are RECOMMENDED. Fixes https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/516 ``` + - If your commit requires a refactoring, first do the refactoring and + commit it separately before starting feature work. This makes the + pull request easier to review. Additionally, pull request will be + less risky, because if it breaks something, it's way easier to + isolate the offending code, understand what's broken and fix it. + Due to the latter reason it's best to commit in as many independent + commits as reasonable. + + This will result in pull requests being merged much faster. + 9. Open a pull request to `containers/podman-compose` and wait for a maintainer to review your work. ## Adding new commands