kubectl/docs/book/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Process

Fixing Issues

1. Open an Issue
2. Create a PR
3. Email PR to sig-cli@googlegroups.com with subject Kubectl Book: Fix Issue <Issue> in <PR>
4. Optional: Come to sig-cli meeting to discuss

Adding New Content

1. Open an Issue with proposed content
2. Email sig-cli@googlegroups.com with subject Kubectl Book: Proposed Content <Issue>
3. Optional: Come to sig-cli meeting to discuss

Editing

Running Locally

• Install GitBook Toolchain
• From docs/book run npm install to install node_modules locally (don't run install, it updates the shrinkwrap.json)
• From docs/book run gitbook serve
• Go to http://localhost:4000 in a browser

Adding a Section

• Update SUMMARY.md with a new section formatted as ## Section Name

Adding a Chapter

• Update SUMMARY.md under section with chapter formatted as * [Name of Chapter](pages/section_chapter.md)
• Add file pages/section_chapter.md

Adding Examples to a Chapter

{% method %}
Text Explaining Example
{% sample lang="yaml" %}
Formatted code
{% endmethod %}

Adding Notes to a Chapter

{% panel style="info", title="Title of Note" %}
Note text
{% endpanel %}

Notes may have the following styles:

• success
• info
• warning
• danger

Building and Publishing a release

• Run gitbook build
• Push fies in _book to a server

Adding GitBook plugins

• Update book.json with the plugin
• Run npm install <npm-plugin-name>

Cool plugins

See https://github.com/swapagarwal/awesome-gitbook-plugins for more plugins.