How to contribute to Glances ?

Glances development factory uses the 'git flow' workflow: http://danielkummer.github.io/git-flow-cheatsheet/

Clone the Glances repository

First of all, you have to clone the Glances repository to your computer:

git clone git@github.com:USERNAME/glances.git

Note: replace USERNAME by your Github login name.

Add the main repository as upstream

git remote add upstream git@github.com:nicolargo/glances.git

Clone the Glances repository

Update your repository with the upstream:

git fetch upstream

Add a new feature ?

Alls news features should be made from the DEVELOP branch.

git checkout develop

Create the feature branch:

git checkout -b NEWFEATURE

Note: replace NEWFEATURE by your feature name

It's time to code...

Commit your branch:

git commit -a -m "Description"

Get latest works from others developer:

git pull origin feature/NEWFEATURE

Push it:

git push origin feature/NEWFEATURE

Send a message (in the relative issue thread), your code will be review by the Glances team. When all is good, use the pull request function in GitHub to propose your new feature.