RedditVideoMakerBot/CONTRIBUTING.md

# Contributing to Reddit Video Maker Bot 🎥

Thanks for taking the time to contribute! ❤️

All types of contributions are encouraged and valued. See the [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents) for different ways to help and details about how this project handles them. Please make sure to read the relevant section before making your contribution. It will make it a lot easier for the maintainers and smooth out the experience for all involved. We are looking forward to your contributions. 🎉

> And if you like the project, but just don't have time to contribute, that's fine. There are other easy ways to support the project and show your appreciation, which we would also be very happy about:
>
> - ⭐ Star the project 
> - 📣 Tweet about it 
> - 🌲  Refer this project in your project's readme

## Table of Contents

- [I Have a Question](#i-have-a-question)
- [I Want To Contribute](#i-want-to-contribute)
- [Reporting Bugs](#reporting-bugs)
- [Suggesting Enhancements](#suggesting-enhancements)
- [Your First Code Contribution](#your-first-code-contribution)
- [Improving The Documentation](#improving-the-documentation)

## I Have a Question

> If you want to ask a question, we assume that you have read the available [Documentation](https://luka-hietala.gitbook.io/documentation-for-the-reddit-bot/).

Before you ask a question, it is best to search for existing [Issues](https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/issues) that might help you. In case you have found a suitable issue and still need clarification, you can write your question in this issue. It is also advisable to search the internet for answers first.

If you then still feel the need to ask a question and need clarification, we recommend the following:

- Open an [Issue](https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/issues/new).
- Provide as much context as you can about what you're running into.
- Provide project and platform versions (nodejs, npm, etc), depending on what seems relevant.

We will then take care of the issue as soon as possible.

Additionally, there is a [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/swqtb7AsNQ) for any questions you may have

## I Want To Contribute

### Reporting Bugs

#### Before Submitting a Bug Report

A good bug report shouldn't leave others needing to chase you up for more information. Therefore, we ask you to investigate carefully, collect information and describe the issue in detail in your report. Please complete the following steps in advance to help us fix any potential bug as fast as possible.

- Make sure that you are using the latest version.
- Determine if your bug is really a bug and not an error on your side e.g., using incompatible environment components/versions (Make sure that you have read the [documentation](https://luka-hietala.gitbook.io/documentation-for-the-reddit-bot/). If you are looking for support, you might want to check [this section](#i-have-a-question)).
- To see if other users have experienced (and potentially already solved) the same issue you are having, check if there is not already a bug report existing for your bug or error in the [issues](https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/).
- Also make sure to search the internet (including Stack Overflow) to see if users outside of the GitHub community have discussed the issue - you probably aren't the first to get the error!
- Collect information about the bug:
  - Stack trace (Traceback) - preferably formatted in a code block.
  - OS, Platform and Version (Windows, Linux, macOS, x86, ARM)
  - Version of the interpreter, compiler, SDK, runtime environment, package manager, depending on what seems relevant.
  - Your input and the output
  - Is the issue reproducable? Does it exist in previous versions?

#### How Do I Submit a Good Bug Report?

We use GitHub issues to track bugs and errors. If you run into an issue with the project:

- Open an [Issue](https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/issues/new). (Since we can't be sure at this point whether it is a bug or not, we ask you not to talk about a bug yet and not to label the issue.)
- Explain the behavior you would expect and the actual behavior.
- Please provide as much context as possible and describe the _reproduction steps_ that someone else can follow to recreate the issue on their own. This usually includes your code. For good bug reports you should isolate the problem and create a reduced test case.
- Provide the information you collected in the previous section.

Once it's filed:

- The project team will label the issue accordingly.
- A team member will try to reproduce the issue with your provided steps. If there are no reproduction steps or no obvious way to reproduce the issue, the team will try to support you as best as they can, but you may not recieve an instant.
- If the team discovers that this is an issue it will be marked `bug` or `error`, as well as possibly other tags relating to the nature of the error), and the issue will be left to be [implemented by someone](#your-first-code-contribution).

### Suggesting Enhancements

This section guides you through submitting an enhancement suggestion for Reddit Video Maker Bot, **including completely new features and minor improvements to existing functionality**. Following these guidelines will help maintainers and the community to understand your suggestion and find related suggestions.

#### Before Submitting an Enhancement

- Make sure that you are using the latest version.
- Read the [documentation](https://luka-hietala.gitbook.io/documentation-for-the-reddit-bot/) carefully and find out if the functionality is already covered, maybe by an individual configuration.
- Perform a [search](https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/issues) to see if the enhancement has already been suggested. If it has, add a comment to the existing issue instead of opening a new one.
- Find out whether your idea fits with the scope and aims of the project. It's up to you to make a strong case to convince the project's developers of the merits of this feature. Keep in mind that we want features that will be useful to the majority of our users and not just a small subset.

#### How Do I Submit a Good Enhancement Suggestion?

Enhancement suggestions are tracked as [GitHub issues](https://github.com/elebumm/RedditVideoMakerBot/issues).

- Use a **clear and descriptive title** for the issue to identify the suggestion.
- Provide a **step-by-step description of the suggested enhancement** in as many details as possible.
- **Describe the current behavior** and **explain which behavior you expected to see instead** and why. At this point you can also tell which alternatives do not work for you.
- You may want to **include screenshots and animated GIFs** which help you demonstrate the steps or point out the part which the suggestion is related to. You can use [this tool](https://www.cockos.com/licecap/) to record GIFs on macOS and Windows, and [this tool](https://github.com/colinkeenan/silentcast) or [this tool](https://github.com/GNOME/byzanz) on Linux. <!-- this should only be included if the project has a GUI -->
- **Explain why this enhancement would be useful** to most users. You may also want to point out the other projects that solved it better and which could serve as inspiration.

### Your First Code Contribution

#### Your environment

You development environment should follow the requirements stated in the [README file](README.md). If you are not using the specified versions, **please reference this in your pull request**, so reviewers can test your code on both versions.

#### Making your first PR

When making your PR, follow these guidelines:

- Your branch has a base of _develop_, **not** _master_
- You are merging your branch into the _develop_ branch
- You link any issues that are resolved or fixed by your changes. (this is done by typing "Fixes #\<issue number\>") in your pull request.

### Improving The Documentation

All updates to the documentation should be made in a pull request to [this repo](https://github.com/LukaHietala/reddit-bot-docs)