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# Create a pull request
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We're excited that you're considering making a contribution to the Grafana project! This document guides you through the process of creating a [pull request](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-pull-requests/).
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## Before you begin
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We know you're excited to create your first pull request. Before we get started, read these resources first:
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- Learn how to start [Contributing to Grafana](/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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- Make sure your code follows the relevant [style guides](/contribute/style-guides).
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## Your first pull request
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If this is your first time contributing to an open-source project on GitHub, make sure you read about [Creating a pull request](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-pull-request).
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To increase the chance of having your pull request accepted, make sure your pull request follows these guidelines:
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- Title and description matches the implementation.
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- Commits within the pull request follow the [Formatting guidelines](#Formatting-guidelines).
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- The pull request closes one related issue.
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- The pull request contains necessary tests that verify the intended behavior.
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- If your pull request has conflicts, rebase your branch onto the master branch.
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If the pull request fixes a bug:
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- The pull request description must include `Closes #<issue number>` or `Fixes #<issue number>`.
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- To avoid regressions, the pull request should include tests that replicate the fixed bug.
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### Frontend-specific guidelines
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Pull requests for frontend contributions must:
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- Use [Emotion](/contribute/style-guides/styling.md) for styling.
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- Not increase the Angular code base.
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- Not use `any` or `{}` without reason.
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- Not contain large React components that could easily be split into several smaller components.
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- Not contain backend calls directly from components—use actions and Redux instead.
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Pull requests for Redux contributions must:
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- Use the `actionCreatorFactory` and `reducerFactory` helpers instead of traditional switch statement reducers in Redux. Refer to [Redux framework](/contribute/style-guides/redux.md) for more details.
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- Use `reducerTester` to test reducers. Refer to [Redux framework](/contribute/style-guides/redux.md) for more details.
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- Not contain code that mutates state in reducers or thunks.
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- Not contain code that accesses the reducers state slice directly. Instead, the code should use state selectors to access state.
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## Code review
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Once you've created a pull request, the next step is to have someone review your change. A review is a learning opportunity for both the reviewer and the author of the pull request.
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If you think a specific person needs to review your pull request, then you can tag them in the description or in a comment. Tag a user by typing the `@` symbol followed by their GitHub username.
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We recommend that you read [How to do a code review](https://google.github.io/eng-practices/review/reviewer/) to learn more about code reviews.
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## Formatting guidelines
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A well-written pull request minimizes the time to get your change accepted. These guidelines help you write good commit messages and descriptions for your pull requests.
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### Commit message format
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Grafana uses the guidelines for commit messages outlined in [How to Write a Git Commit Message](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/), with the following additions:
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- Subject line must begin with the _area_ of the commit.
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- A footer in the form of an optional [keyword and issue reference](https://help.github.com/en/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords).
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#### Area
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The area should use upper camel case, e.g. UpperCamelCase.
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Prefer using one of the following areas:
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- **Build:** Changes to the build system, or external dependencies.
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- **Chore:** Changes that don't affect functionality.
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- **Dashboard:** Changes to the Dashboard feature.
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- **Docs:** Changes to documentation.
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- **Explore:** Changes to the Explore feature.
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- **Plugins:** Changes to any of the plugins.
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For changes to data sources, the area should be the name of the data source, e.g., AzureMonitor, Graphite, and Prometheus.
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For changes to panels, the area should be the name of the panel, suffixed with Panel, e.g., GraphPanel, SinglestatPanel, and TablePanel.
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**Examples**
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- `Build: Support publishing MSI to grafana.com`
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- `Explore: Add Live option for supported data sources`
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- `GraphPanel: Fix legend sorting issues`
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- `Docs: Changed url to URL in all documentation files`
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### Pull request titles
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The Grafana team _squashes_ all commits into one when we accept a pull request. The title of the pull request becomes the subject line of the squashed commit message. We still encourage contributors to write informative commit messages, as they becomes a part of the Git commit body.
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We use the pull request title when we generate change logs for releases. As such, we strive to make the title as informative as possible.
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Make sure that the title for your pull request uses the same format as the subject line in the commit message.
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