forking and contributing to mondrian

fork

1. fork from mondrian use your github account

2. check this wiki for details

cloning a specific branch

1. clone the repo

        $ git clone https://github.com/gree2/mondrian.git
   

2. list avaiable branches

        $ git branch -a
   

3. checkout the branch you want to work

        $ git checkout 4.4
   

adding upstream and local settings

1. keep your repo uptodate with pentaho mondrian repo

        $ git remote add upstream git://github.com/pentaho/mondrian.git
   

2. disable fast-forward during merges

        # to preserve the entire commit history
        # and properly track file changes
        $ git config --add merge.ff false
   

merging upstream changes

1. to update and merge changes from the upstream repo

        # where [branch] is the current branch you're working on
        $ git fetch upstream [branch]
        $ git fetch upstream/[branch]
   

2. if no merge conflict, your local repo is now uptodate

verifying the coding style

1. run following command

        $ ./bin/checkFile.sh --under [e.g. "./src"]