Repo Template

This repository is meant to serve as a general template for how to set up new repositories in the. In general, setting up a new repository should take only a few minutes; use this repository as a way of finding example files, and use the following checklist to ensure that you've set up the repository correctly.

Install

These instructions are basic; you can use any method to do this work. The important part is making sure that you follow the checklist below before publishing the repository.

# Let's make a new folder
mkdir new-repo && cd new-repo
# Start a Git instance and copy over template files.
git init
cp ../repo-template/* .

Checklist

Go through this checklist after creating your repository. It should only take a couple of minutes.

README

• Update this README.md (Note, do last!).
• Rename all instances of <Replace Title> in README to match the new repo title
• Manually go through and edit the rest of the README.

Other Files

• Copy CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md verbatim.
• Copy CONTRIBUTING.md and ensure that you've added any repository-specific instructions. (Replace <Replace Title> again).
• Should you have a CHANGELOG.md? Document your release process, if you plan on having one, in the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Dotfiles

• Do you need a .gitignore file?
• Do you need an .npmignore file?

Licenses

• Copy the MIT license from the example repo.
• Have you added MIT as the license in the package.json?
• If you made changes, were these reflected in the last section of the README?

GitHub Metadata

• Have you added a short description to the repository?
  • Is the description matched in the byline under the title in the README?
• Have you added topics to the GitHub repository?
  • Have you added these topics as keywords in the package.json?

package.json

• Is the author field correct?
• Have you added keywords?
• Are the bugs and homepage fields correct?
• Have you added tests? Are they matched, here?
• Have you added a lint command?

Tests

• Are there automated tests?
• ...for the browser as well?
• Are those reflected in CI?
• Bonus points: Using CircleCI workflows to segment tests?
• Extra bonus points: Are you cross-testing dependencies?

Benchmarks

• Are there benchmarks?
• Did you run the benchmarks before / after the change or PR?

Examples

• Is there an example folder with usage examples?
• For the browser as well?

Contribute

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License

MIT © 1996+ Ris Adams