From 75fd8a40b99500a0deb79026b162ee7b89914228 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitriy Zaporozhets Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:34:35 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add code comments development guide Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Zaporozhets --- doc/development/README.md | 1 + doc/development/code_comments.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/development/code_comments.md diff --git a/doc/development/README.md b/doc/development/README.md index af3207671e6..5df6ec5fd56 100644 --- a/doc/development/README.md +++ b/doc/development/README.md @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ description: 'Learn how to contribute to GitLab.' - [Database Debugging and Troubleshooting](database_debugging.md) - [Query Count Limits](query_count_limits.md) - [Database helper modules](database_helpers.md) +- [Code comments](code_comments.md) ## Integration guides diff --git a/doc/development/code_comments.md b/doc/development/code_comments.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..36962eb46d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/development/code_comments.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Code comments + +Whenever you add comment to the code that is expected to be addressed at any time +in future, please create a technical debt issue for it. Then put a link to it +to the code comment you've created. This will allow other developers to quickly +check if a comment is still relevant and what needs to be done to address it. + +Examples: + +```rb +# Deprecated scope until code_owner column has been migrated to rule_type. +# To be removed with https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11834. +scope :code_owner, -> { where(code_owner: true).or(where(rule_type: :code_owner)) } +```