Contribute to Go

Step 1

• https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html

Step 2

• go get -u golang.org/x/tools/cmd/go-contrib-init
• git clone --depth 1 https://go.googlesource.com/go ~/golang
• cd ~/golang
• go-contrib-init
• if Brew -> export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.8.x/libexec
• else -> export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/usr/local/go
• cd src
• ./buildall.bash
• alias dev-go='~/golang/bin/go'
• godoc -goroot='/path/to/golang' -http=:6060
• GOROOT='' dev-go test <pkg>

Step 3

• Add code
• git add . && git change
• Add commit message. Prefix message with package change was made in. E.g. "os: some message here"
• git mail. This will upload your code to Gerrit and provide you a link to the page for the code review.

Adding New Files

Include the following header:

// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.