govCMS exists as packaged versions on both the Github and Drupal.org project pages. These compressed archives are available in both zip and tar.gz format to download and use as needed.
Dependencies
To develop on or patch against govCMS, the source files should be downloaded and the project built.
govCMS source may be downloaded using git
git clone git@github.com:govCMS/govCMS.git
Enter the project root, and run the following commands in order:
cd <project_directory>
composer install --prefer-dist --working-dir=build
build/bin/phing -f build/phing/build.xml build
Optionally, if the composer install command returns errors, run the following command before running composer install:
composer update --working-dir=build
This will construct a copy of the govCMS Drupal codebase in the docroot directory using instructions from the govcms.make file.
This build is configured to use (http://govcms.local/) by default and will need to add an entry to your host file. This and other credentials can be changed by duplicating build/phing/example.build.properties as build.properties and making changes there.
- docroot - The Drupal root. This can be either a directory or a symlink.
- README.md - Project documentation written in markdown.
- build - Project specific files for building and testing govCMS.
- composer.json - Project specific vendor packages and repositories.
- composer.lock - Locked in version of vendor packages. To ensure consistency across the project.
- .gitignore - A list of files to be ignored by git. This is typically used for excluding local development modules and may create files to ignore that an IDE creates.
- behat.yml - Provides all project specific behat configuration. Including regions and context configuration.
- behat.local.yml - Local configuration to override behat.yml. Typically this will only be the url of the current environment.
- tests/behat - The directory where behat .feature files are stored.
The behat.local.yml file is provided empty and ignored from the repository so changes can be made to run behat in the local environment. The structure of the file follows that of behat.yml, to set the local target URL to http://govcms.local/ for behat, the following may be placed in behat.local.yml:
# Local behat settings.
default:
extensions:
Behat\MinkExtension:
base_url: http://govcms.local/
Behat parameters may also be added by altering the BEHAT_PARAMS variable. This will only affect direct behat runs, rather than those run through Phing.
export BEHAT_PARAMS='{"extensions" : {"Behat\\MinkExtension" : {"base_url" : "http://govcms.local/"}}}'
- build.xml - Contains project specific configuration and tasks that can be executed across this projects team.
- build.properties - Environment specific configuration. Just like behat.local.yml, typically this will assign the url of the current environment.
The variables that Phing uses are configured at the top of build.xml. If there are alterations to these parameters to allow Phing to run locally, these may be placed in the build.properties file. This file is ignored from git so local modifications will not be committed. To alter the base URL for the Drupal site the following may be added to build.properties.
; local build properties
; The uri of the site.
drupal.base_url='http://govcms.local/'
; The database settings.
; db.host=DB_HOST
; db.name=DB_NAME
; db.username=DB_USER
; db.password=DB_PASS
; db.port=DB_PORT
If you are making changes to the make file, you can tell the build process to build from your local make file, instead of the one in the profile repository.
From the build/phing folder:
../bin/phing build:no-clean
The ability to test a govCMS build is built into the repository with all tests run by Travis CI able to be run locally. Any changes made should be added and committed to your local repository and the following commands run:
build/bin/phing -f build/phing/build.xml build
build/bin/phing -f build/phing/build.xml run-tests
Individual tests may be run by specifying the target for Phing. If just the behat tests need to be run, the target can be changed:
build/bin/phing -f build/phing/build.xml test:behat
All tasks in this project can be listed via the command:
build/bin/phing -f build/phing/build.xml -l
Because govCMS is a Drupal distribution, modules and configurations are not added directly to the codebase. Rather, they are referenced within the govcms.make file.
Any alterations to Drupal core or contributed modules must have an associated drupal.org issue filed against the project in question. Modifications should be made directly to the project in question and patched into govCMS rather than made directly against govCMS.
It is a requirement for any patches to govCMS to pass all automated testing prior to manual review. The automated testing checks for PHP syntax, coding standards, build completion and runs behavioural tests. It is also desirable that additions to the codebase add behat tests to ensure no regressions occur once committed.
To submit a patch, the govCMS project should be forked and changes applied to a branch on the forked repository. Once all changes are applied, a pull request between govCMS/master and the branch of the fork may be created.
All contributions to govCMS are welcome. Issues and pull requests may be submitted against the govCMS project on github where they will be addressed by the govCMS team.
More information may be found in CONTRIBUTING.md.