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# Contributing to semaphore
## Building
Semaphore requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com).
To build Semaphore for production, first install dependencies:
yarn --production --pure-lockfile
Then build:
yarn build
Then run:
PORT=4002 node server.js
### Docker
To build a Docker image for production:
docker build .
docker run -d -p 4002:4002 [your-image]
Now Semaphore is running at `localhost:4002`.
### docker-compose
Alternatively, use docker-compose to build and serve the image for production:
docker-compose up --build -d
The image will build and start, then detach from the terminal running at `localhost:4002`.
### Updating
To keep your version of Semaphore up to date, you can use `git` to check out the latest tag:
git checkout $(git tag -l | sort -Vr | head -n 1)
### Exporting
Semaphore is a static site. When you run `yarn build`, static files will be
written to `__sapper__/export`.
It is _not_ recommended to directly expose these files when self-hosting. Instead, you should use `node server.js` (e.g. with an
nginx or Apache proxy in front). This adds several things you don't get from the raw static files:
- [CSP headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP) (important for security)
- Certain dynamic routes (less important because of Service Worker managing routing, but certain things could break if Service Workers are disabled in the user's browser)
## Installing
To install with dev dependencies, run:
yarn
## Dev server
To run a dev server with hot reloading:
yarn run dev
Now it's running at `localhost:4002`.
**Linux users:** for file changes to work,
you'll probably want to run `export CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING=1`
because of [this issue](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar/issues/237).
## Linting
semaphore uses [JavaScript Standard Style](https://standardjs.com/).
Lint:
yarn run lint
Automatically fix most linting issues:
yarn run lint-fix
## Integration tests
Integration tests use [TestCafé](https://devexpress.github.io/testcafe/) and a live local Mastodon instance
running on `localhost:3000`.
### Running integration tests
The integration tests require running Mastodon itself,
meaning the [Mastodon development guide](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/setup/)
is relevant here. In particular, you'll need a recent
version of Ruby, Redis, and Postgres running. For a full list of deps, see `bin/setup-mastodon-in-travis.sh`.
Run integration tests, using headless Chrome by default:
npm test
Run tests for a particular browser:
BROWSER=chrome yarn run test-browser
BROWSER=chrome:headless yarn run test-browser
BROWSER=firefox yarn run test-browser
BROWSER=firefox:headless yarn run test-browser
BROWSER=safari yarn run test-browser
BROWSER=edge yarn run test-browser
If the script isn't able to set up the Postgres database, try running:
sudo su - postgres
Then:
psql -d template1 -c "CREATE USER semaphore WITH PASSWORD 'semaphore' CREATEDB;"
### Testing in development mode
In separate terminals:
1\. Run a Mastodon dev server:
yarn run run-mastodon
2\. Run a Semaphore dev server:
yarn run dev
3\. Run a debuggable TestCafé instance:
npx testcafe --debug-mode chrome tests/spec
### Test conventions
The tests have a naming convention:
* `0xx-test-name.js`: tests that don't modify the Mastodon database (read-only)
* `1xx-test-name.js`: tests that do modify the Mastodon database (read-write)
In principle the `0-` tests don't have to worry about
clobbering each other, whereas the `1-` ones do.
### Mastodon used for testing
There are two parts to the Mastodon data used for testing:
1. A Postgres dump and a tgz containing the media files, located in `fixtures`
2. A script that populates the Mastodon backend with test data (`restore-mastodon-data.js`).
The reason we don't use a Postgres dump for everything
is that Mastodon will ignore changes made after a certain period of time, and we
don't want our tests to randomly start breaking one day. Running the script ensures that statuses,
favorites, boosts, etc. are all "fresh".
### Updating the test data
You probably don't want to do this, as the `0xx` tests are pretty rigidly defined against the test data.
Write a `1xx` test instead and insert what you need on-the-fly.
If you really need to, though, you can either:
1. Add new test data to `mastodon-data.js`
or
1. Comment out `await restoreMastodonData()` in `run-mastodon.js`
2. Make your changes manually to the live Mastodon
3. Run the steps in the next section to back it up to `fixtures/`
### Updating the Mastodon version
1. Run `rm -fr mastodon` to clear out all Mastodon data
1. Comment out `await restoreMastodonData()` in `run-mastodon.js` to avoid actually populating the database with statuses/favorites/etc.
2. Update the `GIT_TAG` in `mastodon-config.js` to whatever you want
3. If the Ruby version changed (check Mastodon's `.ruby-version`), install it and update `RUBY_VERSION` in `mastodon-config.js` as well as the Ruby version in `.github/workflows`.
4. Run `yarn run-mastodon`
5. Run `yarn backup-mastodon-data` to overwrite the data in `fixtures/`
6. Uncomment `await restoreMastodonData()` in `run-mastodon.js`
7. Commit all changed files
8. Run `rm -fr mastodon/` and `yarn run run-mastodon` to confirm everything's working
Check `mastodon.log` if you have any issues.
Note that we also run `db:migrate` just to play it safe, but
updating the `fixtures/` should make that a no-op.
## Unit tests
There are also some unit tests that run in Node using Mocha. You can find them in `tests/unit` and
run them using `yarn run test-unit`.
## Debug build
To disable minification in a production build (for debugging purposes), you can run:
DEBUG=1 yarn build
## Debugging Webpack
The Webpack Bundle Analyzer `report.html` and `stats.json` are available publicly via e.g.:
- [beta.semaphore.social/report.html](https://beta.semaphore.social/report.html)
- [beta.semaphore.social/stats.json](https://beta.semaphore.social/stats.json)
This is also available locally after `yarn run build` at `.sapper/client/report.html`.
## Deploying
This section only applies to `beta.semaphore.social` and `semaphore.social`, not if you're hosting your own version of
Semaphore.
The site uses [Vercel](https://vercel.com). The `main` branch publishes to `beta.semaphore.social` and the `production`
branch deploys to `semaphore.social`.
## Architecture
See [Architecture.md](https://github.com/NickColley/semaphore/blob/main/docs/Architecture.md).
## Internationalization
See [Internationalization.md](https://github.com/NickColley/semaphore/blob/main/docs/Internationalization.md).