maksit-core/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to MaksIT.Core

Thank you for your interest in contributing to MaksIT.Core! This document provides guidelines for contributing to the project.

Getting Started

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork locally
3. Create a new branch for your changes
4. Make your changes
5. Submit a pull request

Development Setup

Prerequisites

• .NET10 SDK or later
• Git

Building the Project

cd src
dotnet build MaksIT.Core.slnx

Running Tests

cd src
dotnet test MaksIT.Core.Tests

Commit Message Format

This project uses the following commit message format:

(type): description

Commit Types

Type	Description
(feature):	New feature or enhancement
(bugfix):	Bug fix
(refactor):	Code refactoring without functional changes
(perf):	Performance improvement without changing behavior
(test):	Add or update tests
(docs):	Documentation-only changes
(build):	Build system, dependencies, packaging, or project file changes
(ci):	CI/CD pipeline or automation changes
(style):	Formatting or non-functional code style changes
(revert):	Revert a previous commit
(chore):	General maintenance tasks that do not fit the types above

Examples

(feature): add support for custom JWT claims
(bugfix): fix multithreading issue in file logger
(refactor): simplify expression extension methods
(perf): reduce allocations in Base32 encoder
(test): add coverage for IQueryable predicate composition
(docs): clarify release workflow prerequisites
(build): update package metadata in MaksIT.Core.csproj
(ci): update GitHub Actions workflow for .NET 10
(style): normalize using directives in extension tests
(revert): revert breaking change in network connection handling
(chore): update copyright year to 2026

Guidelines

• Use lowercase for the description
• Keep the description concise but descriptive
• No period at the end of the description

Code Style

• Follow standard C# naming conventions
• Use XML documentation comments for public APIs
• Keep methods focused and single-purpose
• Write unit tests for new functionality

Pull Request Process

1. Ensure all tests pass
2. Update documentation if needed
3. Update CHANGELOG.md with your changes under the appropriate version section
4. Submit your pull request against the main branch

Versioning

This project follows Semantic Versioning:

• MAJOR - Breaking changes
• MINOR - New features (backward compatible)
• PATCH - Bug fixes (backward compatible)

Release Process

Orchestration lives in utils/ (from maksit-repoutils).

Prerequisites

• .NET SDK, PowerShell 7+, Git, GitHub CLI (gh)
• Environment variables (names match logical secrets in scriptSettings.json):
  • GitHub — GitHub token (repo scope)
  • NuGet — NuGet.org API key

Entry	Purpose
utils\Invoke-TestEngine.bat	Tests and coverage badges
utils\Invoke-ReleasePackage-Single.bat	Release (build, test, pack, publish)
utils\Update-RepoUtils.bat	Sync engines from maksit-repoutils
utils\Force-AmendTaggedCommit.bat	Amend last tagged commit

Workflow

1. Bump <Version> in src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj and CHANGELOG.md
2. Commit, tag vX.Y.Z on main
3. Set $env:GitHub, $env:NuGet, run utils\Invoke-ReleasePackage-Single.bat

Dry-run: pwsh -File utils\engines\release\Invoke-ReleasePackage.ps1 -DryRun

Configuration: utils/engines/release/scriptSettings.json, utils/engines/test/scriptSettings.json

License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions are licensed under the terms in LICENSE.md.