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# Contributing
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🚀 Thank you for contributing to starship! 🚀
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Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By contributing to this project you agree to abide by its terms.
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If you have any questions that aren't addressed in this document, please don't hesitate to open an issue or drop into our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/8Jzqu3T)! 💬
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## Glossary
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- **Module**: A component in the prompt giving information based on contextual information from your OS. For example, the `nodejs` module shows the version of NodeJS that is currently installed on your computer, if your current directory is a NodeJS project.
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- **Segment**: Smaller sub-components that compose a module. For example, the `symbol` segment in the `nodejs` module contains the character that is shown before the version number (`⬢` by default).
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## Philosophy
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We aim to make starship as fast, robust and reliable as possible, while also allowing for extensive customization. We do so by leveraging Rust's inherent safety and with thorough cross-platform testing. We also do our best to eliminate unnecessary work when displaying the prompt by reducing repeated work and by using caching to our favor.
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If you spot anywhere that we could trim some time or reduce the prompt's workload, we will gladly accept new issues or PRs! 😄
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## Architecture
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The project begins in [`main.rs`](src/main.rs), where the appropriate `print::` method is called based on which arguments are given to [clap](https://crates.io/crates/clap). When printing the full prompt, we use [rayon](https://crates.io/crates/rayon) to parallelize the computation of modules.
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Any styling that is applied to a module is inherited by its segments. Module prefixes and suffixes by default don't have any styling applied to them.
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## Logging
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Debug logging in starship is done with [pretty_env_logger](https://crates.io/crates/pretty_env_logger).
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To run starship with debug logs, set the `RUST_LOG` environment variable to the log level needed.
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For example, to enable the trace logs, run the following:
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```sh
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# Run installed starship
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RUST_LOG=starship=trace starship
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# Run with cargo
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RUST_LOG=starship=trace cargo run
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```
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## Linting
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Starship source files are linted with [clippy](https://crates.io/crates/clippy). Clippy will be ran as part of CI. Linting errors will fail a build, so it is suggested that you run Clippy locally:
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```sh
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rustup component add clippy
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cargo clippy
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```
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## Formatting
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Starship source files are formatted with [rustfmt](https://crates.io/crates/rustfmt-nightly). Rustfmt will be ran as part of CI. Unformatted code will fail a build, so it is suggested that you run rustfmt locally:
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```sh
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rustup component add rustfmt
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cargo fmt
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```
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## Testing
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Testing is critical to making sure starship works as intended on systems big and small. Starship interfaces with many applications and system APIs when generating the prompt, so there's a lot of room for bugs to slip in.
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Unit tests and a subset of integration tests can be run with `cargo test`.
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The full integration test suite is run on GitHub as part of our GitHub Actions continuous integration.
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### Unit Testing
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Unit tests are written using the built-in Rust testing library in the same file as the implementation, as is traditionally done in Rust codebases. These tests can be run with `cargo test`.
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Unit tests should be fully isolated, only testing a given function's expected output given a specific input, and should be reproducible on any machine. Unit tests should not expect the computer running them to be in any particular state. This includes having any applications pre-installed, having any environment variables set, etc.
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The previous point should be emphasized: even seemingly innocuous ideas like "if we can see the directory, we can read it" or "nobody will have their home directory be a git repo" have bitten us in the past. Having even a single test fail can completely break installation on some platforms, so be careful with tests!
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### Integration Testing
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Integration tests are located in the [`tests/`](tests) directory and are also written using the built-in Rust testing library.
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Integration tests should test full modules or the entire prompt. All integration tests that expect the testing environment to have pre-existing state or tests that make permanent changes to the filesystem should have the `#[ignore]` attribute added to them. All tests that don't depend on any preexisting state will be run alongside the unit tests with `cargo test`.
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For tests that depend on having preexisting state, whatever needed state will have to be added to the project's GitHub Actions workflow file([`.github/workflows/workflow.yml`](.github/workflows/workflow.yml)).
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## Running the Documentation Website Locally
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If you are contributing to the design of Starship's website, the following section will help you get started.
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### Setup
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After cloning the project, you can do the following to run the VuePress website on your local machine:
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1. `cd` into the `/docs` directory.
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2. Install the project dependencies:
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```
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$ npm install
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```
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3. Start the project in development mode:
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```
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$ npm run dev
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```
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Once setup is complete, you can refer to VuePress documentation on the actual implementation here: https://vuepress.vuejs.org/guide/.
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