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  <div class="section" id="contribute-code">
<span id="contribute-code"></span><h1>Contribute Code<a class="headerlink" href="#contribute-code" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>We sincerely appreciate your contributions. You can use fork and pull request
workflow to merge your code.</p>
<div class="section" id="code-requirements">
<span id="code-requirements"></span><h2>Code Requirements<a class="headerlink" href="#code-requirements" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Your code comments must be fully documented by
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/">Doxygen</a> style.</li>
<li>Make sure the compiler option <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WITH_STYLE_CHECK</span></code> is on and the compiler
passes the code style check.</li>
<li>All code must have unit test.</li>
<li>Pass all unit tests.</li>
</ul>
<p>The following tutorial guides you into submitting your contibution.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="creating-a-fork">
<span id="creating-a-fork"></span><h2><a class="reference external" href="https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/">Creating a Fork</a><a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-fork" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Just head over to the GitHub page and click the &#8220;Fork&#8221; button.
It&#8217;s just that simple.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="clone">
<span id="clone"></span><h2>Clone<a class="headerlink" href="#clone" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Clone remote repository.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git clone https://github.com/USERNAME/Paddle
➜  <span class="nb">cd</span> Paddle
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="create-a-local-branch">
<span id="create-a-local-branch"></span><h2>Create a local branch<a class="headerlink" href="#create-a-local-branch" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Paddle is currently using <a class="reference external" href="http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/">Git-flow branching model</a>.</p>
<p>All feature and bug fix development work should be done on a new branch, generally create new branch from <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">develop</span></code> branch .</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git checkout -b my-cool-stuff
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Before the checkout, you need to keep the current branch directory clean, otherwise the untracked file will be brought to the new branch, which can be inspected by <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">git</span> <span class="pre">status</span></code>.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="using-pre-commit-hook">
<span id="using-pre-commit-hook"></span><h2>Using <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pre-commit</span></code> hook<a class="headerlink" href="#using-pre-commit-hook" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Paddle developers use <a class="reference external" href="http://pre-commit.com/">pre-commit</a> tool to manage git
pre-commit hooks. It can help us format source codes (cpp, python), check some
basic thing before commit (only one EOL for each file, do not add a huge file
in git). <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pre-commit</span></code> tests is a part of unit tests in Travis-CI now, every
PR doesn&#8217;t fit hook can not be merged into Paddle.</p>
<p>To use <a class="reference external" href="http://pre-commit.com/">pre-commit</a>, you should install it by
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">pre-commit</span></code>, and currently, Paddle uses <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">clang-format</span></code> to format
c/cpp sources. Please make sure clang-format 3.8+ installed.</p>
<p>Install and run it as follow:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  pip install pre-commit
➜  pre-commit install
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>When you commit your code, the pre-commit hook will check the local code if there is
anything not suitable to commit, and so on.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="start-to-develop">
<span id="start-to-develop"></span><h2>Start to develop<a class="headerlink" href="#start-to-develop" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>In this tutorial, I delete a line in README.md and created a new file.</p>
<p>We can use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">git</span> <span class="pre">status</span></code> to inspect the changes of current directory, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">git</span> <span class="pre">diff</span></code> to see difference.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git status
On branch <span class="nb">test</span>
Changes not staged <span class="k">for</span> commit:
  <span class="o">(</span>use <span class="s2">&quot;git add &lt;file&gt;...&quot;</span> to update what will be committed<span class="o">)</span>
  <span class="o">(</span>use <span class="s2">&quot;git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;...&quot;</span> to discard changes in working directory<span class="o">)</span>

    modified:   README.md

Untracked files:
  <span class="o">(</span>use <span class="s2">&quot;git add &lt;file&gt;...&quot;</span> to include in what will be committed<span class="o">)</span>

    <span class="nb">test</span>

no changes added to commit <span class="o">(</span>use <span class="s2">&quot;git add&quot;</span> and/or <span class="s2">&quot;git commit -a&quot;</span><span class="o">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="build-and-test">
<span id="build-and-test"></span><h2>Build and Test<a class="headerlink" href="#build-and-test" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>We package PaddlePaddle&#8217;s compile environment into a Docker image, called the develop image named <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">paddle:dev</span></code>, it contains all compiling tools that PaddlePaddle needs.</p>
<p>If you want to build the develop image, just run:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  docker build -t paddle:dev .
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Then we can use the develop image to build PaddlePaddle source. For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  docker run -v <span class="k">$(</span><span class="nb">pwd</span><span class="k">)</span>:/paddle -e <span class="s2">&quot;WITH_GPU=OFF&quot;</span> -e <span class="s2">&quot;WITH_AVX=ON&quot;</span> -e <span class="s2">&quot;WITH_TEST=ON&quot;</span> paddle:dev
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The above command will compile PaddlePaddle and create a Dockerfile for building production image. All the generated files are in the build directory. &#8220;WITH_GPU&#8221; controls if the generated production image supports GPU. &#8220;WITH_AVX&#8221; controls if the generated production image supports AVX. &#8220;WITH_TEST&#8221; controls if the unit test will be generated.</p>
<p>Then we can generate the production image by copying the compiled PaddlePaddle program into the image by</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  docker build -t paddle:prod -f build/Dockerfile .
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Run unit test finally:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  docker run -it -v <span class="k">$(</span><span class="nb">pwd</span><span class="k">)</span>:/paddle paddle:dev bash -c <span class="s2">&quot;cd /paddle/build &amp;&amp; ctest&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>For more details, you can read <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/docker_install_en.rst">this doc</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="commit">
<span id="commit"></span><h2>Commit<a class="headerlink" href="#commit" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Next we cancel the changes to the README.md file and then commit our changes by following command lines:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git checkout -- README.md
➜  git status
On branch <span class="nb">test</span>
Untracked files:
  <span class="o">(</span>use <span class="s2">&quot;git add &lt;file&gt;...&quot;</span> to include in what will be committed<span class="o">)</span>

    <span class="nb">test</span>

nothing added to commit but untracked files present <span class="o">(</span>use <span class="s2">&quot;git add&quot;</span> to track<span class="o">)</span>
➜  git add <span class="nb">test</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>We should write a description of each commit by <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">git</span> <span class="pre">commit</span></code> to allow others to know
the changes in these files.</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git commit
CRLF end-lines remover...............................<span class="o">(</span>no files to check<span class="o">)</span>Skipped
yapf.................................................<span class="o">(</span>no files to check<span class="o">)</span>Skipped
Check <span class="k">for</span> added large files..............................................Passed
Check <span class="k">for</span> merge conflicts................................................Passed
Check <span class="k">for</span> broken symlinks................................................Passed
Detect Private Key...................................<span class="o">(</span>no files to check<span class="o">)</span>Skipped
Fix End of Files.....................................<span class="o">(</span>no files to check<span class="o">)</span>Skipped
clang-formater.......................................<span class="o">(</span>no files to check<span class="o">)</span>Skipped
<span class="o">[</span>my-cool-stuff c703c041<span class="o">]</span> add <span class="nb">test</span> file
 <span class="m">1</span> file changed, <span class="m">0</span> insertions<span class="o">(</span>+<span class="o">)</span>, <span class="m">0</span> deletions<span class="o">(</span>-<span class="o">)</span>
 create mode <span class="m">100644</span> <span class="m">233</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="keeping-fork-up-to-date">
<span id="keeping-fork-up-to-date"></span><h2>Keeping Fork Up to Date<a class="headerlink" href="#keeping-fork-up-to-date" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Before pull your request, you should sync your code from the latest PaddlePaddle.
To do this, you&#8217;ll need to add a remote at first:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git remote add upstream https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle
➜  git remote
origin
upstream
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Update your fork with the latest upstream changes:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git fetch upstream
➜  git pull upstream develop
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Now, your local master branch is up-to-date with everything modified upstream.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="push-to-github">
<span id="push-to-github"></span><h2>Push to GitHub<a class="headerlink" href="#push-to-github" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># push to your repository in Github</span>
➜  git push origin my-cool-stuff
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="create-an-issue-and-a-pull-request">
<span id="create-an-issue-and-a-pull-request"></span><h2>Create an issue and a Pull Request<a class="headerlink" href="#create-an-issue-and-a-pull-request" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Create an Issue to describe the problem and record its number.</p>
<p>Go to the page for your fork on GitHub, select your development branch,
and click the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">New</span> <span class="pre">pull</span> <span class="pre">request</span></code>.</p>
<p><img width="295" alt="screen shot 2017-04-26 at 9 09 28 pm" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/11692045/25436054/a6d98c66-2ac4-11e7-9cb1-18dd13150230.png"></p>
<p>Then select the target branch:</p>
<p><img width="750" alt="screen shot 2017-04-26 at 9 11 52 pm" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/11692045/25436139/f83b1e6c-2ac4-11e7-8c0e-add499023c46.png"></p>
<p>We can add <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">resolve</span> <span class="pre">#Issue</span> <span class="pre">number</span></code> in PR description to close the issue automatically after the PR is merge. More details in <a class="reference external" href="https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-via-commit-messages/">https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-via-commit-messages/</a>.</p>
<p>Then wait for review, if there need to modify, refer to the above steps to update the corresponding origin branch.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="delete-origin-branch">
<span id="delete-origin-branch"></span><h2>Delete origin branch<a class="headerlink" href="#delete-origin-branch" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>After the PR is merge into the main repository, we can delete the remote branch on the PR page.</p>
<p><img width="775" alt="screen shot 2017-04-26 at 9 18 24 pm" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/11692045/25436457/e4cdd472-2ac5-11e7-9272-badc76c4a23e.png"></p>
<p>Or just run:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git push origin :my-cool-stuff
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="delete-local-branch">
<span id="delete-local-branch"></span><h2>Delete local branch<a class="headerlink" href="#delete-local-branch" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Finally, we delete local branch:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>➜  git checkout develop 

<span class="c1"># delete my-cool-stuff branch</span>
➜  git branch -D my-cool-stuff
</pre></div>
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