autonomic.zone/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Not that these instructions may be out of date. If you find any quirks that aren't described in this file, please make patches.

What Is Jekyll

For those unfamiliar with how Jekyll works, check out jekyll.rb for all the details, or read up on the basics of front matter, writing posts and creating pages.

Using RVM to Manage Ruby

In order to not blow up your computer handling a system wide Ruby installation, it is advised that you use RVM.

Once you've got that installed and configured, get the latest version of Ruby with:

$ rvm install 2.4.2

Select that version and then create an isolated gemset with:

$ rvm use 2.4.2
$ rvm gemset create autonomic
$ rvm gemset use autonomic

Install Dependencies

Then you can get your Ruby dependencies installed with:

$ gem install jekyll bundler

Serve Website

And serve the website locally with:

$ make devserver

Editing Content

You can edit content in the .md files under src and src/_posts.

Manage Gemset

When you're hacking later on (or in a new shell), you'll need to run:

$ rvm use 2.4.2
$ rvm gemset use autonomic

And then you'll have access to the environment.