You can download the latest artifacts from the master branch from link. On macOS and Linux you can brew unlink ddev && brew install drud/ddev/ddev --HEAD --fetch-HEAD to get the latest commit of ddev, even if it's not yet in a release. If you are using linux/WSL2, you will also likely need to install build-essential with the following command: sudo apt install -y build-essential.
To download the latest version, you can visit the master-build workflow and choose the latest item (or the one that matches a commit you want to test). You'll see the artifacts for each OS there on the bottom of the page.
And of course you can just see the latest build in action by visiting ddev on gitpod.
Each build of a PR has artifacts created in github, so you can click the details of the PR Build test, choose the PR you want to work with, and download the artifacts you need there.
After you download and unzip the appropriate binary, you can place it in your $PATH. The easiest way to do this if you're using homebrew is brew unlink ddev and then unzip ddev.zip && chmod +x ddev && mv ddev /usr/local/bin/ddev.
You can verify that the replacement worked via ddev -v. The output should be something like ddev version v1.19.1-42-g5334d3c1 (instead of the regular ddev version v1.19.1).
(On macOS Big Sur these downloaded binaries are not signed, so you will want to xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/ddev in order to use them. The binaries on the master branch and the final binaries in any release are signed, of course.)
You do not typically have to install anything else other than the downloaded binary; when you run it it will access any docker images that it needs.
After you're done, you can remove the downloaded binary and brew link ddev.
Gitpod.io provides a quick preconfigured ddev experience in the browser, so you can test your PR (or someone else's) easily and without setting up an environment. In any PR you can use the URL https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/drud/ddev/pulls/<YOURPR> to open that PR and build it in Gitpod.
To just open and work on ddev you can use the button below.
If you want to run a web project in there, you can just check it out into /workspace/<yourproject> and use it as usual. The things you're familiar with work as expected, except that ddev-router does not run, and
A dummy project for gitpod is provided by default in /workspace/d9simple. You can just ddev poweroff and use your own.
If you need to make a change to one of the ddev images, you can make the change, but then it has to be built with a specific tag, and the tag has to be updated in pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go. So for example, make a change to containers/ddev-webserver/Dockerfile, then built it:
cd containers/ddev-webserver
make VERSION=20210424_fix_dockerfileThen edit pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go to set var WebTag = "20210424_fix_dockerfile" and
cd /workspace/ddev
makeddev version should show you that you are using the correct webtag, and ddev start will show it.
It's easiest to do this using gitpod (see above) because gitpod already has docker buildx all set up for you and the built ddev is in the $PATH.
When preparing your pull request, please use a branch name like "2020_<your_username>_short_description" so that it's easy to track to you.
If you make changes to a docker image (like ddev-webserver), it won't have any effect unless you:
- Push an image with a specific tag by going to the image directory (like containers/ddev-webserver) by just doing
make container VERSION=<branchname>in the containers/ddev-webserver directory. - Multi-arch images require you to have a buildx builder, so
docker buildx create --name ddev-builder-multi --use - You can't push until you
docker login. - Push a container to hub.docker.com. Push with the tag that matches your branch. Pushing to
<yourorg>/ddev-webserverrepo is easy to accomplish withmake push DOCKER_ORG=<yourorg> VERSION=<branchname>in the container directory. You might have to use other techniques to push to another repo. - Update
pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.gowith theWebImgandWebTagthat relate to the docker image you pushed.
To use buildx successfully you have to have the buildx docker plugin which is in many environments by default.
To build multi-platform images you must docker buildx create --use as a one-time initialization.
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If you just want to work locally and do a quick build for your own architecture, you can:
make VERSION=<version>- for
ddev-dbserver:make mariadb_10.3 VERSION=<version>etc.
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To push manually:
cd containers/ddev-webserver
make push VERSION=<tag> If you're pushing to a repo other than the one wired into the Makefile (like drud/ddev-webserver) then
cd containers/ddev-webserver
make push VERSION=<tag> DOCKER_REPO=your/dockerrepo
To manually push using GitHub Actions,
- Visit Actions->Push Tagged Image
- Click "Run workflow" in the blue band near the top.
- Choose the branch, usually
masterand then the image to be pushed,ddev-webserver,ddev-dbserver, etc. Also you can useallto build and push all of them. Include a tag for the pushed image and GitHub will do all the work.
- Visit Actions->Push Tagged db Image
- Click "Run workflow" in the blue band near the top.
- Choose the branch, usually
master. Include a tag for the pushed image and GitHub will do all the work.
Build the project with make and your resulting executable will end up in .gotmp/bin/linux_amd64/ddev or .gotmp/bin/linux_arm64/ddev (for Linux) or .gotmp/bin/windows_amd64/ddev.exe (for Windows) or .gotmp/bin/darwin_amd64/ddev or .gotmp/bin/darwin_arm64/ddev (for macOS).
Build/test/check static analysis with
make # Builds on current os/architecture
make linux_amd64
make linux_arm64
make darwin_amd64
make darwin_arm64
make windows_amd64
make test
make clean
make staticrequired
Normal test invocation is just make test. Run a single test with an invocation like go test -v -run TestDevAddSites ./pkg/... or make testpkg TESTARGS="-run TestDevAddSites". The easiest way to run tests is from inside the excellent golang IDE Goland. Just click the arrowhead to the left of the test name.
To see which DDEV commands the tests are executing, set the environment variable DDEV_DEBUG=true.
Use GOTEST_SHORT=true to run just one CMS in each test, or GOTEST_SHORT= to run exactly one project type from the list of project types in the TestSites array. For example, GOTEST_SHORT=5 will run many tests only against TYPO3.
To run a test (in the cmd package) against a individually compiled ddev binary set the DDEV_BINARY_FULLPATH environment variable, for example DDEV_BINARY_FULLPATH=$PWD/.gotmp/bin/linux_amd64/ddev make testcmd.
Anybody can view the CircleCI automated tests, and they usually show up any problems that are not OS-specific. Just click through on the testing section of the PR to see them.
The Buildkite automated tests require special access, which we typically grant to any PR contributor that asks for it.
The Docker images that DDEV uses are included in the containers/ directory:
- containers/ddev-webserver: Provides the web servers (the "web" container).
- containers/ddev-dbserver: Provides the "db" container.
- containers/ddev-router: The router image
- containers/ddev-ssh-agent
When changes are made to an image, they have to be temporarily pushed to a tag that is preferably the same as the branch name of the PR, and the tag updated in pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go. Just ask if you need a container pushed to support a PR.
- Fork the repository and clone it locally. Connect your local to the original ‘upstream’ repository by adding it as a remote. - Pull in changes from ‘upstream’ often so that you stay up to date so that when you submit your pull request, merge conflicts - will be less likely. See more detailed instructions here.
- Create a branch for your edits.
- Be clear about what problem is occurring and how someone can recreate that problem or why your feature will help. Then be equally as clear about the steps you took to make your changes.
- It’s best to test. Run your changes against any existing tests if they exist and create new ones when needed. Whether tests exist or not, make sure your changes don’t break the existing project.
Once you’ve opened a pull request, a discussion will start around your proposed changes. Other contributors and users may chime in, but ultimately the decision is made by the maintainer(s). You may be asked to make some changes to your pull request. If so, add more commits to your branch and push them – they’ll automatically go into the existing pull request.
If your pull request is merged – great! If it is not, no sweat, it may not be what the project maintainer had in mind, or they were already working on it. This happens, so our recommendation is to take any feedback you’ve received and go forth and pull request again – or create your own open source project.
Adapted from GitHub Guides
Unless explicitly stated, we follow all coding guidelines from the Go community. While some of these standards may seem arbitrary, they somehow seem to result in a solid, consistent codebase.
It is possible that the code base does not currently comply with these guidelines. We are not looking for a massive PR that fixes this since that goes against the spirit of the guidelines. All new contributions should make a best effort to clean up and make the code base better than they left it. Obviously, apply your best judgment. Remember, the goal here is to make the code base easier for humans to navigate and understand. Always keep that in mind when nudging others to comply.
Just use make staticrequired to ensure that your code can pass the required static analysis tests.
The rules:
- All code should be formatted with
gofmt -s. - All code should pass the default levels of
golint. - All code should follow the guidelines covered in Effective Go and Go Code Review Comments.
- Comment the code. Tell us the why, the history and the context.
- Document all declarations and methods, even private ones. Declare expectations, caveats and anything else that may be important. If a type gets exported, having the comments already there will ensure it's ready.
- Variable name length should be proportional to its context and no longer.
noCommaALongVariableNameLikeThisIsNotMoreClearWhenASimpleCommentWouldDo. In practice, short methods will have short variable names and globals will have longer names. - No underscores in package names. If you need a compound name, step back, and re-examine why you need a compound name. If you still think you need a compound name, lose the underscore.
- All tests should run with
go testand outside tooling should not be required. No, we don't need another unit testing framework. Assertion packages are acceptable if they provide real incremental value. - Even though we call these "rules" above, they are actually just guidelines. Since you've read all the rules, you now know that.
If you are having trouble getting into the mood of idiomatic Go, we recommend reading through Effective Go. The Go Blog is also a great resource. Drinking the kool-aid is a lot easier than going thirsty.