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date: "2016-12-01T16:00:00+02:00"
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title: "Hacking on Gitea"
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slug: "hacking-on-gitea"
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parent: "advanced"
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name: "Hacking on Gitea"
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identifier: "hacking-on-gitea"
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---
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# Hacking on Gitea
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Familiarity with the existing [installation instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install)
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is required for this section.
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To contribute to Gitea, fork the project and work on the `master` branch.
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Some internal packages are referenced using their respective Github URL. This can
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become problematic. To "trick" the Go tool into thinking this is a clone from the
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official repository, download the source code using "go get" and follow these instructions.
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```
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go get -d code.gitea.io/gitea
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```
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Fork the [Gitea repository](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea) on GitHub, it should
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then be possible to switch the source directory on the command line.
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```
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cd $GOPATH/src/code.gitea.io/gitea
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```
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To be able to create pull requests, the forked repository should be added as a remote
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to the Gitea sources, otherwise changes can't be pushed.
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```
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git remote rename origin upstream
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git remote add origin git@github.com:<USERNAME>/gitea.git
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git fetch --all --prune
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```
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This should provide a working development environment for Gitea. Take a look at
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the `Makefile` to get an overview about the available tasks. The most common tasks
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should be `make test` which will start our test environment and `make build` which
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will build a `gitea` binary into the working directory. Writing test cases is not
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mandatory to contribute, but it is highly encouraged and helps developers sleep
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at night.
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That's it! You are ready to hack on Gitea. Test changes, push them to the repository,
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and open a pull request.
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