helm-charts/CONTRIBUTING.md
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# Contributing to the Open WebUI Helm Charts
## How to Contribute
1. **Fork the repository** and create your branch from `main`.
2. **Make your changes** and ensure they follow the guidelines below.
3. **Test your changes** locally to ensure everything works as expected. This should include deploying your updates to a live Kubernetes cluster (whether local or remote).
4. **Run [helm-docs]** to ensure that the README is updated with the latest changes.
5. **Commit your changes** using a descriptive commit message that follows the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) specification.
6. **Push your changes** to your forked repository.
7. **Create a Pull Request** and provide a detailed description of your changes. Please consider dropping us your redacted `values.yaml` file used during your testing in the PR so we can make sure we see consistent results.
## Guidelines
- **Semantic Versioning**: This repository follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) for versioning the Helm Charts. When making changes, please ensure that you update the version in the `Chart.yaml` file according to the following rules:
- `MAJOR` version increment for incompatible chart changes
- `MINOR` version increment for backwards-compatible functionality additions
- `PATCH` version increment for backwards-compatible bug fixes
- **Chart.yaml Updates**: When submitting a Pull Request, ensure that you have updated the `Chart.yaml` file with the appropriate version increment and a brief description of the changes in the `appVersion` field.
- **Code Style**: Follow the existing code style and conventions used in the repository.
- **Documentation**: If your changes require documentation updates, please include them in your Pull Request.
- **Testing**: Before submitting your Pull Request, ensure that your changes work as expected by testing them locally. This should include deploying your updates to a live Kubernetes cluster (whether local or remote).
- **Issues**: If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please create a new issue in the repository before working on a Pull Request.
- **Actions Updates**: If your Pull Request includes adding a new chart dependency, ensure to make the necessary updates to Github Actions to add the chart repo dependency, or else the release run will fail.
## Getting Help
If you need any help or have questions about contributing, feel free to reach out to the maintainers of the repository.
Thank you for your contributions!
[helm-docs]: https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs