From ec86aa7ab1f5134f26f8b218830189f5680b1b01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Previte Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:19:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update global requirements for CONTRIBUTING --- docs/CONTRIBUTING.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md index 15c997fd6..5150abaaf 100644 --- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -31,14 +31,23 @@ master). The prerequisites for contributing to code-server are almost the same as those for [VS Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#prerequisites). -There are several differences, however. You must: +There are several differences, however. Here is what is needed: -- Use Node.js version 12.x (or greater) -- Have [yarn](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/) installed (which is used to install JS packages and run development scripts) -- Have [nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm) (which is used to build `.deb` and `.rpm` packages and [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) (used to build code-server releases) installed - -The [CI container](../ci/images/debian10/Dockerfile) is a useful reference for all -of the dependencies code-server uses. +- `node` v12.x or greater +- `git` v2.x or greater +- [`yarn`](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/) + - used to install JS packages and run scripts +- [`nfpm`](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/) + - used to build `.deb` and `.rpm` packages +- [`jq`](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) + - used to build code-server releases +- [`gnupg`](https://gnupg.org/index.html) + - all commits must be signed an verified + - see GitHub's ["Managing commit signature verification"](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/managing-commit-signature-verification) or follow [this tutorial](https://joeprevite.com/verify-commits-on-github) +- `build-essential` (Linux) + - `apt-get install -y build-essential` - used by VS Code +- `rsync` and `unzip` + - used for code-server releases ## Development Workflow