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---
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date: "2019-02-12:00:00+02:00"
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title: "Development"
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toc: true
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draft: false
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type: "doc"
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menu:
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sidebar:
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parent: "development"
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name: "Development"
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---
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# Development
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We use go modules to vendor libraries for Vikunja, so you'll need at least go `1.11` to use these.
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If you don't intend to add new dependencies, go `1.9` and above should be fine.
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To contribute to Vikunja, fork the project and work on the master branch.
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A lot of developing tasks are automated using a Makefile, so make sure to [take a look at it]({{< ref "make.md">}}).
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## Libraries
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We keep all libraries used for Vikunja around in the `vendor/` folder to still be able to build the project even if
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some maintainers take their libraries down like [it happened in the past](https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/issues/5).
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## Tests
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See [testing]({{< ref "test.md">}}).
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#### Development using go modules
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If you're able to use go modules, you can clone the project wherever you want to and work from there.
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However, when building or running tests, please supply the `-mod=vendor` flag to go so it builds using the
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dependencies from the `vendor/` folder.
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#### Development-setup without go modules
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Some internal packages are referenced using their respective package URL. This can become problematic.
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To “trick” the Go tool into thinking this is a clone from the official repository, download the source code
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into `$GOPATH/code.vikunja.io/api`. Fork the Vikunja repository, it should then be possible to switch the source directory on the command line.
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{{< highlight bash >}}
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cd $GOPATH/src/code.vikunja.io/api
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{{< /highlight >}}
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To be able to create pull requests, the forked repository should be added as a remote to the Vikunja sources, otherwise changes can’t be pushed.
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{{< highlight bash >}}
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git remote rename origin upstream
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git remote add origin git@git.kolaente.de:<USERNAME>/api.git
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git fetch --all --prune
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{{< /highlight >}}
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This should provide a working development environment for Vikunja. Take a look at the Makefile to get an overview about
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the available tasks. The most common tasks should be `make test` which will start our test environment and `make build`
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which will build a vikunja binary into the working directory. Writing test cases is not mandatory to contribute, but it
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is highly encouraged and helps developers sleep at night.
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That’s it! You are ready to hack on Vikunja. Test changes, push them to the repository, and open a pull request.
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## Static assets
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Each Vikunja release contains all static assets directly compiled into the binary.
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To prevent this during development, use the `dev` tag when developing.
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See the [make docs](make.md#statically-compile-all-templates-into-the-binary) about how to compile with static assets for a release.
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