OpenStack software development is centered around the Git and Gerrit systems to promote the aspect of community programming.

Git is an open source version control system that allows many software developers to work on a given project without requiring them to share a common network.

Gerrit is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool which integrates closely with Git and allows developers in a team to review each other’s modifications to the source code using a web browser and approve or reject those changes.

In this session we will walk participants through opening a bug in a test system and then submit a patch to a repository in OpenStack. The process involves learning about Git using the most common commands and progressing through the review process in Gerrit. Participants will walk away with a working knowledge of these tools.

Pre-requisites for the session:

Logins - You will need to set yourself up for 3 different logins if you do not already have them.

OpenStack - This is who we are! You will need to sign up as a Foundation Member and accept the agreements which relate to you and your company. https://www.openstack.org/join/register/?membership-type=foundation

Launchpad - This is where you will report, comment on or assign yourself bugs https://login.launchpad.net/+login

Gerrit - This is where bug reviews take place. https://review.openstack.org

Gerrit actually uses you launchpad ID to log in however you will need to accept enter a username the agreements based on your individual status. Please note you will not be able to push to gerrit without agreeing.

Getting Started - The OpenStack Community has put together a document for getting started as a member of the community. Their documentation for getting started and some basic troubleshooting can be found at: http://docs.openstack.org/contributor-guide/quickstart/first-timers.html#setting-up-for-contribution

If you can not install with the above instructions on a MAC, check hout http://homebrew.sh and once home brew is install ed:

brew install git

In depth instruction for Windows - https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/DEV/Windows

We will be reaching out to attendees in the weeks before summit to make sure everyone has the pre-reqs covered so that we can work on the workflow and more advanced topics during the session. If you have a question or issue in the meantime please open an issue at:

https://github.com/spotz/bostonsummitgitandgerrit/issues

Why here? Well it's part of being a community. You may not be the only one to have the issue and others might appreciate the responses or have already solved it and have information to share.

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