Open Source Dev theorems

Theorems for polite open source development

Theorem 1

Use feature branch and pull request/merge request

Theorem 2

Have as granular pull/merge requests as possible with as few commits as possible

Theorem 3

Never break things that works.

Theorem 4

If you break something on master: Fix asap and write tests for the fix.

Theorem 5

Commit messages should consist of a consise description of the changes are.

Theorem 6

Use merge commits

Theorem 7

When merging a feature branch into master, use merge commits with a link to the pull/merge request

Theorem 8

Pull/merge requests titles should be unique and konsise.

Theorem 9

A pull/merge requests should always describe:

• Why its needed.
• What it changes.