Contributing to Chromium

Chromium is the open-source project behind Google’s Chrome web browser, and there’s nothing more satisfying than contributing to something you use. Except maybe a freshly opened can of Pringles. But how do you _actually_ contribute to it? We’ll talk about building Chromium locally, making changes, and sending them out for review.

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1. (or: all your code could belong to us) chromium Contributing to
2. @notwaldorf noms@chromium.org
4. the long con Act 1:
5. open source ❤
6. ❤ user impact
7. ❤ GOOD DOCUMENTATION
8. giant codebase ❤
9. ❤ NEED A beefy machine
10. the SETUP Act 2:
11. get the code
12. fetch chromium
13. git pull && gclient sync
14. GET A COFFEE
15. get the code build the code
16. ninja -C out/Debug chrome get the code
17. ninja -C out/Release chrome get the code
18. ninja -C out/Release tests get the code
19. get another coffee get the code
20. get the code build the code make changes
21. get the code build the code
22. get the code build the code out/Debug/chrome.exe
23. get the code build the code git commit
24. get the code build the code review changes make changes
25. get the code build the code make changes git cl upload
26. let’s talk about tools Intermission!
27. depot tools
28. generate build files gclient sync
29. ninja BUILD THE CODE
30. git cl upload UPLOAD YOUR CODE
31. git cl upload kinda like git push UPLOAD YOUR CODE
32. git cl try TEST YOUR CODE ON BOTS
33. git cl patch DOWNLOAD FROM CODE REVIEW
34. GIT
35. git pull GET THE NEW CODE
36. git status -sb what is up?
37. git checkout -b foo MAKE A BRANCH
38. git rebase master UPDATE A BRANCH
39. git commit SAVE YOUR CODE
46. code reviews Act 3
47. PIET MONDRIAN de stijl
48. gerrit rietveld de stijl
51. git cl upload
55. OWNERS & OWNER FILES Digression
59. git cl try
60. codesearch tl; dr: crbug how to halp list halp irc https://code.google.com/p/chromium/codesearch https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list chromium-dev@chromium.org #chromium http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code halpful blog post http://meowni.ca/posts/chromium-101
61. ❤ @notwaldorf