General guidelines for contributing to node-sqlcipher.
mocha is required to run unit tests.
In sqlite3's directory (where its package.json
resides) run the following:
npm install --build-from-source
npm test
Create a milestone for the next release on github. If all anticipated changes are back compatible then a patch
release is in order. If minor API changes are needed then a minor
release is in order. And a major
bump is warranted if major API changes are needed.
Assign tickets and pull requests you are working to the milestone you created.
To release a new version:
1) Ensure tests are passing
Before considering a release all the tests need to be passing on CircleCI.
2) Bump commit
Bump the version in package.json
like https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3/commit/77d51d5785b047ff40f6a8225051488a0d96f7fd
What if you already committed the package.json
bump and you have no changes to commit but want to publish binaries? In this case you can do:
git commit --allow-empty -m "[publish binary]"
3) Ensure binaries built
Check the CircleCI pages to ensure they are all green as an indication that the [publish binary]
command worked.
Note: NEVER republish binaries for an existing released version.
7) Officially release
An official release requires:
- Updating the CHANGELOG.md
- Create and push github tag like
git tag v3.1.1 -m "v3.1.1" && git push --tags
- Ensure you have a clean checkout (no extra files in your check that are not known by git). You need to be careful, for instance, to avoid a large accidental file being packaged by npm. You can get a view of what npm will publish by running
make testpack
- Fully rebuild and ensure install from binary works:
make clean && npm install --fallback-to-build=false
- Then publish the module to npm repositories by running
npm publish