How to contribute

Ask questions

Yes, asking a question is a form of contribution that helps the author to improve documentation.

Feel free to ask questions by sending a mail to config-model-user mailing list

Log a bug

Please report issue on https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-itself/issues

To modify Itself model

All Itself model files are located in lib/Config/Model/models/Itself.

To understand the relations between the classes, please install grapvhviz and run the following commands:

• cme meta gen-dot
• dot -Tps model.dot > model.ps

and visualize the ps file with your favorite postscript viewer (may be okular or gs):

• each box contains a configuration class with its attributes
• arrows represent 'include' relations
• dotted arrows represent usage relations (i.e. the class is used in a node (a Config::Model::Node object) or in a warped node (a Config::Model::WarpedNode object)

You can also view the models files using cme meta edit. But please do not save the meta configuration with this tool: this will lead to a huge diff.

Note that the author is reluctant to use cme meta edit to edit Itself model files for fear of sawing the branch he's sitting on.

Edit source code from github

If you have a github account, you can clone a repo and prepare a pull-request.

You can:

• run git clone https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-itself/
• edit files
• run prove -l t to run non-regression tests

There's no need to worry about dzil, Dist::Zilla or dist.ini files. These are useful to prepare a new release, but not to fix bugs.

Edit source code from Debian source package

You can also prepare a patch using Debian source package:

For instance:

• download and unpack apt-get source libconfig-model-itself-perl
• jump in cd libconfig-model-itself-perl-2.004
• useful to create a patch later: git init
• commit all files: git add -A ; git commit -m"committed all"
• edit files
• run prove -l t to run non-regression tests
• run git diff and send the output on config-model-user mailing list

Edit source code from Debian source package or CPAN tarball

Non Debian users can also prepare a patch using CPAN tarball:

• Download tar file from http://search.cpan.org
• unpack tar file with something like tar axvf Config-Model-Itself-2.004.tar.gz
• jump in cd Config-Model-Itself-2.004
• useful to create a patch later: git init
• commit all files: git add -A ; git commit -m"committed all"
• edit files
• run prove -l t to run non-regression tests
• run git diff and send the output on config-model-user mailing list

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• config-model-itself github or config-model-itself cpan ratings