# Contributing

Contributions are always welcome, no matter how large or small.

Working on your first Pull Request? You can learn how from this free series How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub

## Code of Conduct

By participating, you are expected to uphold this Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct. Please report unacceptable behavior to sharvita@gmail.com.

## Project setup

First, fork then clone the repo:

    git clone https://github.com/your-username/mongoose-data-seed
    cd mongoose-data-seed
    git remote add upstream https://github.com/sharvit/mongoose-data-seed

Install dependencies:

    yarn

Run test suits to validate the project is working:

    yarn test

Run linter to validate the project code:

    yarn lint
    # to fix linting errors
    yarn lint --fix

Run linter to validate your commit message:

    yarn lint:commit

## Committing and Pushing changes

Create a branch and start hacking:

    git checkout -b my-branch

Commit and push your changes:

`generator-node-mdl` uses commitizen to create commit messages so semantic-release can automatically create releases.

    git add .

    yarn commit
    # answer the questions

    git push origin my-branch

Open this project on GitHub, then click “Compare & pull request”.

## Help needed

Please watch the repo and respond to questions/bug reports/feature requests, Thanks!