contributing

description
Want to contribute back to Dispatch? These pages describe the general development flow, our philosophy, the test suite, and issue tracking.

Contributing

Documentation

Dispatch documentation is managed via Gitbook.

Doing a release

Creating a release of Dispatch requires the step below.

Updating sample data

If the database schema changes, we will need to update the sample data accordingly.

• Run the Bash script update-example-data.sh in the data directory.
• Create a commit with any changes
• Create a pull request with the change
• Merge change

Bumping the version number

• Update the version number in dispatch/__about__.py
• Create a new entry in the changelog
• Create a commit with the changelog changes
• Create a pull request with the change
• Merge change

Change log

• Create a new changelog with all significant changes since the last release
• Update GitHub releases: https://github.com/Netflix/dispatch/releases
• Publish the release

Update 'latest' tag

We rely on the latest tag to identify the most current stable version. Follow the steps below to update this tag:

Delete the previous tag:

git tag -d latest

Create a new tag:

git tag -a latest <commit>

Push the tag:

git push origin latest