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EDT:How to commit code to EDT
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Bugzilla bugs are mandatory
Every change we commit MUST have a corresponding bug or enhancement in Bugzilla. Be sure to set the bug's Target Milestone correctly.
Git commit messages are mandatory
You MUST enter a message when you commit a change to Git. The message MUST include the number of the Bugzilla bug or enhancement.
Commit messages should be concise. It's best to say why you made the change, as opposed to saying what you changed.
- Bad: "Bug 12345 - Fixed."
- Better: "Bug 12345 - Added quartsToGallons() on calls to pumpGas()."
- Best: "Bug 12345 - The input to the gas pump must be in gallons, not quarts."
If you want to write more about your changes, do it in Bugzilla.
Links between bugs and fixes are mandatory
When you resolve a bug, you MUST include the ID of your fix's Git commit. If there's more than one commit, include all of their IDs.
The easiest way to find the ID of a commit is with the Git Reflog view, which lists the commits in a particular branch. Double-click on your commit to open it in the Commit Viewer. Right-click on the ID at the top of the Commit View and choose Copy SHA-1.
Now you can paste the commit ID into Bugzilla.
File encoding
We use the UTF-8 encoding for all of our files. Set your workspace's Text File Encoding preference to UTF-8. The preference is on the General > Workspace preference page.
Builds
Our Nightly builds run twice a day, at 9 AM and 9 PM Eastern U.S. time. Builds for milestones and releases run as needed.
Which files are included in the build
Our builds compile the latest code from the master branch. There are also a few projects which are not compiled, but are used during the build. For example, we have a set of projects which contain the .egl and .js files for our widgets. The RUI widget libraries are created from them.