start.spring.io is released under the Apache 2.0 license. If you would like to contribute something, or simply want to hack on the code this document should help you get started.
This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.
If you are maintaining an open source component, you can suggest the addition of a new entry using a dedicated issue (Make sure to choose "New Entry Proposal"). If you are a user of the component, please reach out to the team maintaining it.
New entries have to be discussed first via the dedicated template so please do not open a Pull Request as a first step.
We use GitHub issues to track bugs and enhancements. If you have a general usage question please ask on Stack Overflow or join us on the Gitter channel.
Before we accept a non-trivial patch or pull request we will need you to sign the Contributor License Agreement. Signing the contributor’s agreement does not grant anyone commit rights to the main repository, but it does mean that we can accept your contributions, and you will get an author credit if we do. Active contributors might be asked to join the core team, and given the ability to merge pull requests.
None of these is essential for a pull request, but they will all help. They can also be added after the original pull request but before a merge.
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Make sure all new
.java
files to have a simple Javadoc class comment with at least an@author
tag identifying you, and preferably at least a paragraph on what the class is for. -
Add the ASF license header comment to all new
.java
files (copy from existing files in the project) -
Add yourself as an
@author
to the .java files that you modify substantially (more than cosmetic changes). -
Add some Javadocs and, if you change the namespace, some XSD doc elements.
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A few unit tests would help a lot as well — someone has to do it.
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If no-one else is using your branch, please rebase it against the current
main
(or other target branch in the original project). -
When writing a commit message please follow these conventions, if you are fixing an existing issue please add
Fixes gh-XXXX
at the end of the commit message (where XXXX is the issue number).
start.spring.io can be build from the command line using
Apache Maven on JDK 11 or above.
We include ‘Maven Wrapper’ scripts (./mvnw
or mvnw.bat
) that you can run rather
than needing to install Maven locally.