We're happy you want to contribute! You can help us in different ways:
- Open an issue with suggestions for improvements
- Fork this repository and submit a pull request
- Improve the documentation (separate repository)
To submit a pull request, fork the RethinkDB repository and then clone your fork:
git clone git@github.com:<your-name>/rethinkdb.git
Make your suggested changes, git push and then submit a pull
request. Note that before we can accept your pull requests, you
need to accept our Developer Certificate of Origin and sign your commits.
The code for the admin UI is now in a separate branch,
old_admin. It is used to generate the file
src/gen/web_assets.cc, which contains the static content served by
RethinkDB's admin UI. Development instructions are in that repo.
Some useful resources to get started:
- Building RethinkDB from source
- Overview of what to find where in the server source directory
- Introduction to the RethinkDB driver protocol
- C++ coding style for the RethinkDB server
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the open source license indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution ( including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved.