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Contributing Guide
Why this?
Most Reuters Graphics repos don't include (or need) contributing guidelines. The ones that do represent critical infrastructure. They also are the ones we most want wider contributions from the team to improve and maintain.
This doc provides for a few simple guidelines to make sure changes are well considered and represent the best ideas for how to move our tools forward while opening up the opportunity for others to ship their next great idea.
Who can contribute?
Contributions are always welcome from members of the Reuters Graphics team.
Anyone outside our team using these components is welcome to submit PRs or issues, BUT if they are designed solely to benefit a use case that isn't ours, they likely won't be merged.
How should Reuters Graphics staff contribute?
🏷️ Make an issue
We recommend your first step is to create an issue on this repo describing what is missing, broken or could be added or improved. (We'll close that issue when we merge your PR.)
- It's helpful if that issue describes what changes you propose to make at a high level so we can agree on a general direction before you write code. That's especially true if code you're writing will change how others need to write theirs.
- If needed, provide any links to best practice guidelines that support the change you want to make, e.g., for making accessibility improvements to components.
- Tag others on the team who may have expertise or would contribute to any needed discussion.
- Always tag an editor.
🧹 Follow code standards
Once you're ready to submit code, be sure it's properly formatted before you ask for a review and run our built-in code linters (eslint + prettier) over your changed files:
pnpm lint && pnpm format
Any public methods or component props should be properly typed and documented with comments. (See existing components for examples.) For future developers, also add comments around any tricky bits of internal logic you're adding.
📝 Write Storybook stories
All new components and component features should be accompanied by Storybook stories included with your PR. See other components for examples of how to add them.
Be sure to target your Storybook docs for non-developers with real world examples of how to use components within the graphics kit.
🍺 Submit code with a changeset
All code contributions should be made through the normal GitHub Flow. Basically, make a branch and submit a pull request.
(Generally, it's better to avoid bundling several new features or components in a single PR. Breaking them apart into smaller, individual contributions makes them easier to review and manage.)
Each PR should be accompanied by a changeset. You can add one by running:
pnpm changeset add
Once you've submitted your PR, tag an editor to review it.
An editor will approve your PR after addressing any issues they see. Once an editor approves and there are no conflicts or failing tests, you can merge your PR into master.
✉️ Publishing to the team
Publishing is handled via changesets and should follow semantic versioning conventions. Most MINOR and all MAJOR version changes should be identified ahead of time during PR review.